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but when I sleep with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place." He said, "I will do as you have said."
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A Burial of Faith
Commentators explain that Jacob's request was a profound act of faith. By insisting on burial in Canaan, he was expressing his unwavering belief in God's promise to give the land to his descendants and was intentionally directing his family's hearts away from Egypt and toward their future inheritance.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
רעמסס ra‘mesês — Ra‘meses “son of the sun.”
מטה mı̂ṭṭāh — “bed.” מטה maṭṭeh…
16th Century
Protestant
But I will lie with my fathers. It appears from this passage that the word “sleep,” whenever it is used for “die,” does not refer to the s…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But I will lie with my fathers Abraham and Isaac, whose bodies lay in the land of Canaan, where Jacob desired to be …
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