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28 Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years, until he was a hundred and forty-seven years old. 29 (A)When the time drew near for him to die, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, “Place your hand between my thighs[a] and make a solemn vow that you will not bury me in Egypt. 30 I want to be buried where my fathers are; carry me out of Egypt and bury me where they are buried.”

Joseph answered, “I will do as you say.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 47:29 See 24.2.

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