1. Then Joseph fell on his father's face, and wept over him and kissed him.
2. Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.
3. Now forty days were required for it, for such is the period required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
4. When the days of mourning for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, "If now I have found favor in your sight, please speak to Pharaoh, saying,