29 When [a](A)the time for Israel to die drew near, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “Please, if I have found favor in your sight, (B)place your hand under my thigh now and (C)deal with me in kindness and [b]faithfulness: please do not bury me in Egypt,

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  1. Genesis 47:29 Lit the days of Israel
  2. Genesis 47:29 Lit truth

30 but when I (A)[a]lie down with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt and bury me in (B)their burial place.” And he said, “I will do as you have said.”

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  1. Genesis 47:30 I.e., die

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

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  1. Exodus 13:19 Lit visit

32 Now (A)they buried the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up from Egypt, at Shechem, in the plot of land (B)which Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred [a]pieces of money; and they became the inheritance of Joseph’s sons.

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  1. Joshua 24:32 Heb qesitah

22 By faith (A)Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the exodus of the sons of Israel, and gave orders concerning his bones.

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