²⁵ Then ^(A)Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”

^32 (A)As for the bones of Joseph, which the people of Israel brought up from Egypt, they buried them at Shechem, in the piece of land ^(B)that Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money.^[a] It became an inheritance of the descendants of Joseph.

¹⁹ Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph^[a] had made the sons of Israel solemnly swear, saying, ^(A)“God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones with you from here.”

²² By faith ^(A)Joseph, at the end of his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave directions concerning his bones.

¹⁶ and ^(A)they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that ^(B)Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

²⁹ And ^(A)when the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If now ^(B)I have found favor in your sight, ^(C)put your hand under my thigh and ^(D)promise to deal kindly and truly with me. ^(E)Do not bury me in Egypt, ³⁰ but let me lie with my fathers. Carry me out of Egypt and ^(F)bury me in their burying place.” He answered, “I will do as you have said.” ³¹ And he said, “Swear to me”; and he swore to him. Then ^(G)Israel bowed himself upon the head of his bed.^[a]

⁵ ‘My father made me swear, saying, “I am about to die: in my tomb ^(A)that I hewed out for myself in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me.” Now therefore, let me please go up and bury my father. Then I will return.’”