[1] Then Joseph fell on his father’s face, and wept over him, and kissed him.
[2] And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.
[3] Forty days were required for him, for such are the days required for those who are embalmed; and the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
[4] Now when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the hearing of Pharaoh, saying,
[5] My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am dying; in my grave which 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, and I will come back.’”
[6] And Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear.”
