Gen 50:3 | MHM | STEP | v. 3 : The embalming took forty days, and the Egyptians mourned for Jacob for seventy days. This showed great respect for Joseph and his family, since even the Egyptians shared in the mourning ( v. 3 ).

‏ Genesis 50:3

v. 3: The embalming took forty days, and the Egyptians mourned for Jacob for seventy days. This showed great respect for Joseph and his family, since even the Egyptians shared in the mourning (v. 3 ^a).