Genesis 50:3-5
Legacy Standard Bible
3 Then the forty days to do this were fulfilled, because in this manner the days of embalming are fulfilled. And the Egyptians (A)wept for him seventy days.
4 Then the days of weeping for him were past, and Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your sight, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, 5 ‘(B)My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am about to die; in my grave (C)which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me.” So now, please let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.’”
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