Jacob Asks His Son Joseph to Bury His Body in the Land of Canaan

47:27-31

27 Now Jacob, whose other name was Israel, was living with his family in Goshen Province in the country of Egypt, and they acquired many possessions there. They had many children and became very numerous. 28 After Jacob had lived in the country of Egypt for seventeen years, he was 147 years old. 29 When it was almost time for him to die, he summoned his son Joseph and urged him, “Please do this favor for me: Put your hand under my leg, and promise me that after I die, you will be kind and faithful to me. Please promise that you will not bury my body here in the country of Egypt. 30 Rather, after I die and join my ancestors who have died, take my body out of Egypt to the region of Canaan and bury it in the same burial place where their bodies are.” Joseph promised him, “I will do what you requested.” 31 But his father insisted, “Vow to me before God that you will do it.” So Joseph vowed that he would do it. Then his father Israel bowed down to worship God beside his bed.