22 Now Joseph stayed in Egypt, he and his father’s household, and Joseph lived one hundred and ten years. 23Joseph saw the third generation of Ephraim’s sons; also the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph’s knees. 24 Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely take care of you and bring you up from this land to the land which He promised on oath to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob.” 25 Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely take care of you, and you shall carry my bones up from here.” 26 So Joseph died at the age of one hundred and ten years; and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.
Joseph saw another chance for his brothers to go back ‘home’, and so he requested that they take his bones back to Canaan. He knew where they (his brothers) belonged, even if he had been unable to leave Egypt. But they didn’t take him right away, and that would be their undoing. They had him embalmed and put in a coffin for preservation. When you’re supposed to do something. Don’t put it off. Just don’t.