Genesis 50:3 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 50:3 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיִּמְלְאוּ
mâlêʼ
H4390
to fill
לוֹ֙
אַרְבָּעִ֣ים
ʼarbâʻîym
H705
forty
י֔וֹם
yôwm
H3117
day
כִּ֛י
kîy
H3588
that
כֵּ֥ן
kên
H3651
thus
יִמְלְא֖וּ
mâlêʼ
H4390
to fill
יְמֵ֣י
yôwm
H3117
day
הַחֲנֻטִ֑ים
chânaṭ
H2590
to embalm
וַיִּבְכּ֥וּ
bâkâh
H1058
to weep
אֹת֛וֹ
ʼêth
H853
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מִצְרַ֖יִם
Mitsrîy
H4713
Egyptian
שִׁבְעִ֥ים
shibʻîym
H7657
seventy
יֽוֹם
yôwm
H3117
day
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World English Bible Public Domain
Forty days were fulfilled for him, for that is how many the days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for him for seventy days.
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King James Version Public Domain
And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
and they completed forty days for him, for so they complete the days of embalmings. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).