Genesis 50:1-6 ▼

1 Joseph threw himself on his father, cried over him, and kissed him.

2 Then Joseph ordered the doctors in his service to embalm his father. So the doctors embalmed Israel.

3 The embalming was completed in the usual time-40 days. The Egyptians mourned for him 70 days.

4 When the time of mourning for Jacob was over, Joseph spoke to Pharaoh's palace staff. He said, |Please speak directly to Pharaoh. Tell him,

5 'My father made me swear an oath. He said, |I'm about to die. Bury me in the tomb I bought for myself in Canaan.| Please let me go there and bury my father; then I'll come back.'|

6 Pharaoh replied, |Go and bury your father, as you have promised him.|