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Genesis 50:3, 4, 10, 11

Genesis 50:3 NIV

taking a full forty days, for that was the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

Genesis 50:4 NIV

When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, speak to Pharaoh for me. Tell him

Genesis 50:10 NIV

When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, near the Jordan, they lamented loudly and bitterly; and there Joseph observed a seven-day period of mourning for his father.

Genesis 50:11 NIV

When the Canaanites who lived there saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “The Egyptians are holding a solemn ceremony of mourning.” That is why that place near the Jordan is called Abel Mizraim.