Gen 50:3-4 | ESV | STEP | Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming . And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days .

a[ver. 10; Num. 20:29; Deut. 34:8; 1 Sam. 31:13; Job 2:13]

‏ Genesis 50:3-4

3 Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians ^awept for him seventy days.

4 And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, ^b“If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,