50 As his father passed on, Joseph threw himself onto his father’s face, crying and kissing him. 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.