²⁹ When the time ^(A)drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “Now if I have found favor in your sight, please ^(B)put your hand under my thigh, and ^(C)deal kindly and truly with me. ^(D)Please do not bury me in Egypt,

Prediction of Israel’s Rebellion

¹⁴ Then the Lord said to Moses, ^(A)“Behold, the days approach when you must die; call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of meeting, that ^(B)I may ^[a]inaugurate him.”

So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tabernacle of meeting.

⁴⁹ Now if you will ^(A)deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. And if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand or to the left.”

² So Abraham said ^(A)to the oldest servant of his house, who ^(B)ruled over all that he had, “Please, ^(C)put your hand under my thigh,

David’s Instructions to Solomon

2 Now ^(A)the days of David drew near that he should die, and he ^[a]charged Solomon his son, saying:

²⁴ And Joseph said to his brethren, “I am dying; but ^(A)God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land to the land ^(B)of which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.” ²⁵ Then ^(C)Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely ^[a]visit you, and ^(D)you shall carry up my ^(E)bones from here.”

²² By faith ^(A)Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones.

^27 (A)And as it is appointed for men to die once, ^(B)but after this the judgment,

^15 (A)So Jacob went down to Egypt; ^(B)and he died, he and our fathers. ¹⁶ And ^(C)they were carried back to Shechem and laid in ^(D)the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem.