Genesis 50:4

New Century Version

When this time of sorrow had ended, Joseph spoke to the king’s officers and said, “If you think well of me, please tell this to the king:

Cross References

Genesis 18:3

and said, “Sir, if you think well of me, please stay awhile with me, your servant.

Genesis 50:3

It took the doctors forty days to prepare his body (the usual time it took). And the Egyptians had a time of sorrow for Jacob that lasted seventy days.

Genesis 50:5

‘When my father was near death, I made a promise to him that I would bury him in a cave in the land of Canaan, in a burial place that he cut out for himself. So please let me go and bury my father, and then I will return.’ ”

Esther 4:2

But Mordecai went only as far as the king’s gate, because no one was allowed to enter that gate dressed in rough cloth.