Genesis 50:4

Good News Translation

When the time of mourning was over, Joseph said to the king's officials, “Please take this message to the king:

Cross References

Genesis 18:3

he said, “Sirs, please do not pass by my home without stopping; I am here to serve you.

Genesis 50:3

It took forty days, the normal time for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

Genesis 50:5

‘When my father was about to die, he made me promise him that I would bury him in the tomb which he had prepared in the land of Canaan. So please let me go and bury my father, and then I will come back.’”

Esther 4:2

until he came to the entrance of the palace. He did not go in because no one wearing sackcloth was allowed inside.