Genesis 50:2-4

Revised Geneva Translation

² And Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.

³ So, forty days were fulfilled (for so long did the days of those who were embalmed last); and the Egyptians mourned him for seventy days.

⁴ And when the days of his mourning had passed, Joseph spoke to the House of Pharaoh, saying, “If I have now found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, and say,