1 Joseph flung himself upon his father and wept over him as he kissed him.
2 Then Joseph ordered the physicians in his service to embalm his father. When the physicians embalmed Israel,
3 they spent forty days at it, for that is the full period of embalming; and the Egyptians mourned him for seventy days.
4 When the period of mourning was over, Joseph spoke to Pharaoh’s household. “If you please, appeal to Pharaoh, saying: