Thematic Bible: Exacts a pledge from his brothers to convey his remains to canaan
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Joseph » Son of jacob » Exacts a pledge from his brothers to convey his remains to canaan
And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.
And were carried over into Shechem, and laid in the sepulcher that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem.
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had solemnly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and you shall carry up my bones away from here with you.