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And fourtie dayes were continued (for so long doth the imbawmyng last) and the Egyptians mourned for him thre score and ten dayes.

Genesis 50:3

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In other translations

Louis Segond 1910Quarante jours s'écoulèrent ainsi, et furent employés à l'embaumer. Et les Egyptiens le pleurèrent soixante-dix jours.
Martin 1744Et on employa quarante jours à l'embaumer : car c'était la coutume d'embaumer les corps [pendant quarante] jours; et les Egyptiens le pleurèrent soixante et dix jours.
King JamesAnd 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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