Genesis 50:24 (WEB)
Joseph said to his brothers, “I am dying, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
Fathers and councils · 2
Aphrahat
“Thus also Joseph bound his brethren by an oath, and said to them:—When God shall remember you, take up my bones from hence with you.” — editor's note: Gen. l. 24.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And therefore to the righteous of ancient times the last offices were piously rendered, and sepulchres provided for them, and obsequies celebrated; and they themselves, while yet alive, gave commandment to their sons about the burial, and, on occasion, even about the removal of their bodies to some favorite place.” — editor's note: Gen. xlvii. 29, l. 24.
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Parallel passages
Genesis 50:24 and Deuteronomy 6:10 share the same wording (13 words).
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