Genesis 50:1-6

1Then Joseph fell on his father’s face, and wept over him and kissed him. 2Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians 1embalmed Israel. 3Now forty days were 2required for 3it, for 4such is the period required for embalming. And the Egyptians 5wept for him seventy days.

4When the days of 6mourning for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your sight, please speak 7to Pharaoh, saying, 5‘8My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am about to die; in my grave 9which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me.” Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.’” 6Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear.”