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27 Now [the people of] Israel lived in the country of Egypt, in [the land of] Goshen, and they gained possessions and acquired property there and were fruitful and multiplied greatly. 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; so the [a]length of Jacob’s life was a hundred and forty-seven years.

29 And when the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, [b]please put your hand under my thigh and [promise to] deal loyally and faithfully with me. Please do not bury me in Egypt,

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 47:28 Lit the days of Jacob, the years of his.
  2. Genesis 47:29 I.e. this was a customary manner of taking a solemn oath.

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