Genesis 47:29
The time came near that Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please don’t bury me in Egypt,This verse in the real world
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- יָרֵךְyârêkthe thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figurativel
- חֵןchêngraciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
- אֶמֶתʼemethstability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
- קָבַרqâbarto inter
- יוֹסֵףYôwçêphJoseph, the name of seven Israelites
- חֵסֵדchêçêdkindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.
- קָרַבqârabto approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
- מָצָאmâtsâʼproperly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or ac
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Cross-references
Gen 24:49, Gen 24:2, Deu 31:14, 1Ki 2:1, Gen 50:24–25, Act 7:15–16, Job 7:1, Gen 47:9