29 And when he discerned that the day of his death was approaching, he called his son Joseph, and he said to him: 'If I have found favor in your sight, place your hand under my thigh. And you shall show me mercy and truth, not to bury me in Egypt.
30 But I shall sleep with my fathers, and you will carry me from this land and bury me in the sepulcher of my ancestors.' And Joseph answered him, 'I will do what you have ordered.'
31 And he said, 'Then swear it to me.' And as he was swearing, Israel adored God, turning to the head of his resting place.
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