So the physicians embalmed Israel. 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. Genesis chapter 50 KJV (King James Version) 1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.. 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.. 3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days. Genesis Chapter 50 בְּרֵאשִׁית א וַיִּפֹּל יוֹסֵף, עַל-פְּנֵי אָבִיו; וַיֵּבְךְּ עָלָיו, וַיִּשַּׁק-לוֹ. Genesis 50:5 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. 50 Joseph then threw himself on his father+ and wept over him and kissed him. Genesis 50:1-13: Retrospect and Prospect: R.A. Redford : Genesis 50: Pulpit Commentary Homiletics. Montgomery . Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again. Genesis 5:24. Ver. 5 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I … Genesis 50:1-13 English Standard Version (ESV). Whole chapter a reproof of the restless ambitions of men. 2 After that Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm+ his father. 5. So the physicians embalmed Israel, 3 and they took the full 40 days for him, for this is the full period for the embalming, and the Egyptians continued to shed tears for him 70 days. Walking With God . A usual thing of old. 50 Then Joseph fell on his father's face and wept over him and kissed him. Of these long lives the only record is a name, and the fact, "he died." Genesis. In my grave which I have digged for me.] And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days. 1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. J.F. 3 Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming.