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(2.) He would have Joseph sworn to bring him
thither to be buried (Ge 47:29, 31), that
Joseph, being under such a solemn obligation
to do it, might have that to answer to the
objections which otherwise might have been
made against it, and for the greater satisfaction
of Jacob now in his dying minutes. Nothing
will better help to make a death-bed easy than
the certain prospect of a rest in Canaan after
death.
(3.) When this was done Israel bowed himself
upon the bed's head, yielding himself, as it
were, to the stroke of death ("Now let it come,
and it shall be welcome"), or worshipping
God, as it is explained, Heb 11:21, giving God
thanks for all his favours, and particularly for
this, that Joseph was ready, not only to put his
hand upon his eyes to close them, but under
his thigh to give him the satisfaction he desired
concerning his burial. Thus those that go down
to the dust should, with humble thankfulness,
bow before God, the God of their mercies, Ps
22:29.
29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son
Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: