World English Bible
"Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel."
— Genesis 50:2, World English 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 instructed the physicians in his service to embalm his father, so 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.”
Joseph fell on his father's face, wept on him, and kissed him.
Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.
Forty days were fulfilled for him, for that is how many the days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for him for seventy days.
When the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
'My father made me swear, saying, "Behold, I am dying. Bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan." Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come again.'"