Genesis 47:29

47:29 The time ¹  for Israel to die approached, so he called for his son Joseph and said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh ²  and show me kindness and faithfulness. ³  Do not bury me in Egypt,

Genesis 50:5

50:5 ‘My father made me swear an oath. He said, ⁴  “I am about to die. Bury me ⁵  in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan.” Now let me go and bury my father; then I will return.’”

[47:29]  ¹ tn Heb “days.”

[47:29]  ² sn On the expression put your hand under my thigh see Gen 24:2.

[47:29]  ³ tn Or “deal with me in faithful love.”

[50:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “saying.”

[50:5]  ⁵ tn The imperfect verbal form here has the force of a command.