Genesis 50:1-6 ▼

1 Then Joseph embraced his father, cried over him, and kissed him.

2 After this, he issued orders to his physician servants to embalm his father. So they embalmed Israel.

3 It took 40 days to complete the process, the normal period required for embalming. Meanwhile, the Egyptians mourned for him for 70 days.

4 At the conclusion of the mourning period, Joseph addressed Pharaoh's household. |If you're satisfied with me, would you please take this message to Pharaoh for me? Tell him,

5 My father told me, |Look! I'm about to die. Bury me in my grave that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.| So please let me travel to bury my father. I'll be right back.'|

6 |Please go,| Pharaoh replied. |Bury your father, as he asked you to do.|