“And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.”
Swear to me, he said. Then Joseph swore to him, and Israel worshipped as he leaned on the top of his staff. The oath sworn and the worship that follows — Israel worshipping as he leaned on his staff — is the covenant patriarch's final act before the death-bed blessing. Hebrews 11:21 notes that by faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons, and worshipped as he leaned on the top of his staff. The application: the worship that accompanies the significant covenant act — even the requesting of a burial oath — is the worship of the person whose whole life has been oriented toward God.
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