Joseph instructed the physicians in his service to embalm his father, so the physicians embalmed Israel.

So Joseph died at the age of 110. After they embalmed him, his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

The fig tree has budded, the vines have blossomed and give off their fragrance. Arise, come away my darling; my beautiful one, come away with me!”