1. Joseph fell across his father’s body, wept over him, and kissed him.
2. Joseph then ordered the physicians in his service to embalm his father, and the physicians embalmed Israel.
3. They mourned for him forty days because that is the period required for embalming. Then the Egyptians mourned him for seventy days.
4. After the period of mourning had passed, Joseph spoke to Pharaoh’s household: "If you approve my request, give Pharaoh this message: