JOSHUA 24:31 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the Lord, that he had done for Israel.”
Now the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem, in the plot of ground which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for one hundred pieces of money; and it became an inheritance of the descendants of Joseph — Joseph's burial at Shechem (see Genesis 50:25 and Exodus 13:19) concludes the patriarchal narrative arc. Joseph's remains, carried from Egypt throughout the wilderness and conquest, are finally laid to rest in the promised land. The property's purchase by Jacob (Genesis 33:19) establishes historical continuity; the site purchased by the patriarch becomes the repository of patriarchal remains. Theologically, Joseph's burial completes the patriarchal promise: the promise made to Jacob regarding the land is fulfilled in Joseph's final rest in that land.
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