²⁹ When the time approached for him to die,^(A) he called his son Joseph and said to him, ‘If I have found favour with you, put your hand under my thigh^(B) and promise me that you will deal with me in kindness and faithfulness.^(C) Do not bury me in Egypt.

⁵ The total number of Jacob’s descendants^[a] was seventy;^[b](A) Joseph was already in Egypt.