Genesis 50:5-7

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⁵ “Tell His Majesty,” he requested them, “that Joseph’s father made Joseph swear to take his body back to the land of Canaan, to bury him there. Ask His Majesty to permit me to go and bury my father; assure him that I will return promptly.”

⁶ Pharaoh agreed. “Go and bury your father, as you promised,” he said.

⁷ So Joseph went, and a great number of Pharaoh’s counselors and assistants—all the senior officers of the land,