29 When the time approached for him to die,(A) he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor with you, put your hand under my thigh(B) and promise me that you will deal with me in kindness and faithfulness.(C) Do not bury me in Egypt.

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The total number of Jacob’s descendants[a] was seventy;[b](A) Joseph was already in Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:5 Lit of people issuing from Jacob’s loins
  2. 1:5 LXX, DSS read 75; Gn 46:27; Ac 7:14

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