Gen 50:3 | TNotes | STEP | 50:3 the Egyptians mourned for Jacob for seventy days , just two days short of the mourning period for a pharaoh. This showed the great respect that the Egyptians had for Joseph.

‏ Genesis 50:3

50:3 ^a the Egyptians mourned for Jacob for seventy days, just two days short of the mourning period for a pharaoh. This showed the great respect that the Egyptians had for Joseph.