Genesis 50:3-7
Genesis 50:3
Now forty days were required for it, for such is the period required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
Genesis 50:4
When the days of mourning for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your sight, please speak to Pharaoh, saying,
Genesis 50:5
‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am about to die; in my grave which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me.” Now then, please let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.’ ”
Genesis 50:6
Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear.”
Genesis 50:7
So Joseph went up to bury his father, and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his household and all the elders of the land of Egypt,