Genesis 50:2-4

The Voice

² Then Joseph told the physicians in his service to embalm his father and prepare him for the journey. So the physicians embalmed Israel. ³ It took 40 days to embalm him because that’s how long it takes to embalm a body properly. And the Egyptians paid their respects by mourning and weeping for him for 70 days.

⁴ When the time of mourning had passed, Joseph addressed Pharaoh’s household.