Genesis 50
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Genesis 50:2-4

2Then Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So the physicians embalmed him,

3taking a full forty days, for that was the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

4When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, speak to Pharaoh for me. Tell him,

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