When the daysof mourningfor him were past,Josephspoketo the householdof Pharaoh,saying,"IfnowI have foundfavorin your sight,pleasespeakto Pharaoh,saying,
and said,"My lord,ifnowI have foundfavorin your sight,pleasedo not passyour servantby.
Now fortydayswere requiredfor it, for suchis the periodrequiredfor embalming.And the Egyptiansweptfor him seventydays.
My fathermade me swear,saying,"Behold,I am about to die;in my gravewhichI dugfor myself in the landof Canaan,thereyou shall buryme." Nowtherefore, pleaselet me goup and burymy father;then I will return.'"
He wentas faras the king'sgate,for noonewas to enterthe king'sgateclothedin sackcloth.
