Genesis 50:1-4 ▼

1 And Joseph falls on his father’s face, and weeps over him, and kisses him;

2 and Joseph commands his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father, and the physicians embalm Israel;

3 and they fulfill for him forty days, for so they fulfill the days of the embalmed, and the Egyptians weep for him seventy days.

4 And the days of his weeping pass away, and Joseph speaks to the house of Pharaoh, saying, “Now if I have found grace in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,