NET Bible
"Joseph instructed the physicians in his service to embalm his father, so the physicians embalmed Israel."
— Genesis 50:2, NET Bible
“And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.”
“And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. ”
“Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.”
“And he commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father.”
“And Joseph gave orders to his servants who had the necessary knowledge, to make his father's body ready, folding it in linen with spices, and they did so.”
“And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.”
The Burials of Jacob and Joseph Then Joseph hugged his father’s face. He wept over him and kissed him.
Joseph instructed the physicians in his service to embalm his father, so the physicians embalmed Israel.
They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s royal court,“If I have found favor in your sight, please say to Pharaoh,
‘My father made me swear an oath. He said,“I am about to die. Bury me in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan.” Now let me go and bury my father; then I will return.’”