Bible verse
And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,
Genesis 50:2 · BSB
The verses around it, from Genesis 50.
1 Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.
2 And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,
3 taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
4 When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that
5 my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”
6 Pharaoh replied, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”
KJV
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
ASV
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
ERV
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
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