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