“And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.”
Then Israel said to Joseph: I am about to die, but God will be with you and take you back to the land of your fathers. The covenant promise of return — God will be with you and take you back — is the final word from Jacob to Joseph before the blessings of chapter 49. The application: the promise of return to the covenant land is the promise that sustains the covenant people through every season of exile.
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