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Burial » The jews anxious to be interred in their family places of
And the time of his death came near, and he sent for his son Joseph and said to him, If now I am dear to you, put your hand under my leg and take an oath that you will not put me to rest in Egypt; But when I go to my fathers, you are to take me out of Egypt and put me to rest in their last resting-place. And he said, I will do so. And he said, Take an oath to me; and he took an oath to him: and Israel gave worship on the bed's head.
And he gave orders to them, saying, Put me to rest with my people and with my fathers, in the hollow of the rock in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
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Then Joseph made the children of Israel take an oath, saying, God will certainly give effect to his word, and you are to take my bones away from here.
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Let your servant now go back again, so that when death comes to me, it may be in my town and by the resting-place of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham: let him go with my lord the king, and do for him what seems good to you.
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hands » Placed under the thigh of a person to whom an oath was made
And he said, Take an oath to me; and he took an oath to him: and Israel gave worship on the bed's head.
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And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg:
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And the time of his death came near, and he sent for his son Joseph and said to him, If now I am dear to you, put your hand under my leg and take an oath that you will not put me to rest in Egypt;
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jacob » Exacts a promise from joseph to bury him with his forefathers
And the time of his death came near, and he sent for his son Joseph and said to him, If now I am dear to you, put your hand under my leg and take an oath that you will not put me to rest in Egypt; But when I go to my fathers, you are to take me out of Egypt and put me to rest in their last resting-place. And he said, I will do so. And he said, Take an oath to me; and he took an oath to him: and Israel gave worship on the bed's head.
Oath » Requires joseph to swear that he would bury him with his forefathers
And Jacob was living in the land of Goshen for seventeen years; so the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven. And the time of his death came near, and he sent for his son Joseph and said to him, If now I am dear to you, put your hand under my leg and take an oath that you will not put me to rest in Egypt; But when I go to my fathers, you are to take me out of Egypt and put me to rest in their last resting-place. And he said, I will do so. read more.
And he said, Take an oath to me; and he took an oath to him: and Israel gave worship on the bed's head.
And he said, Take an oath to me; and he took an oath to him: and Israel gave worship on the bed's head.
Oaths » Often accompanied by placing the hand under the thigh of the person sworn to
And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg:
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And the time of his death came near, and he sent for his son Joseph and said to him, If now I am dear to you, put your hand under my leg and take an oath that you will not put me to rest in Egypt;
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