2 Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.
3 Forty days were fulfilled for him, for that is how many the days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for him for seventy days.
4 When the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, 'If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
5 'My father made me swear, saying, 'Behold, I am dying. Bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan.' Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come again.''
6 Pharaoh said, 'Go up, and bury your father, just like he made you swear.'
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