“But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.”
But when I rest with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me where they are buried. I will carry out your wish, Joseph said. Carry me out of Egypt and bury me where they are buried — the request is the covenant belonging expressed in burial location. Jacob belongs in Canaan; he will not remain in Egypt. The application: the place where you are buried is the declaration of where you belong. Jacob belongs with Abraham and Isaac in Machpelah.
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