1 Then Joseph, leaning over his father’s face, wept and kissed him.
2 He commanded his servants who were physicians to embalm his father. So they embalmed Israel.
3 They took 40 days to complete this, for embalming takes that long, and the Egyptians mourned for him 70 days.
4 When the days of mourning were over, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s household, “If I have found favor with you, please tell Pharaoh that