Genesis 50:4

New Living Translation

When the period of mourning was over, Joseph approached Pharaoh’s advisers and said, “Please do me this favor and speak to Pharaoh on my behalf.

Cross References

Genesis 18:3

“My lord,” he said, “if it pleases you, stop here for a while.

Genesis 50:3

The embalming process took the usual forty days. And the Egyptians mourned his death for seventy days.

Genesis 50:5

Tell him that my father made me swear an oath. He said to me, ‘Listen, I am about to die. Take my body back to the land of Canaan, and bury me in the tomb I prepared for myself.’ So please allow me to go and bury my father. After his burial, I will return without delay.”

Esther 4:2

He went as far as the gate of the palace, for no one was allowed to enter the palace gate while wearing clothes of mourning.