When the days of mourning for him were past, Joseph spoke to the members of Pharaoh’s court, saying, ‘If now you wish to do me a favour, speak to Pharaoh and say, Joseph’s father made him take an oath, saying, “See, I am dying; bury me in my grave which I prepared for myself in the land of Canaan.” Ask Pharaoh, “Let me go up, I beg of you, and bury my father; after that I will return.”’