1 Then Joseph fell on the face of his father and wept upon him and kissed him.
2 And Joseph instructed his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.
3 Forty days were required for it, for thus are the days required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
4 When the days of his weeping had passed, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the hearing of Pharaoh, saying,