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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.” Joseph said, “I will do as you have said.”
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Verse 30. Place. Hebron, where Sara, Abraham, and Isaac reposed. Calmet.—Thus he manifested his belief in a future resurrection with his Saviour, who should be born in that land; and he admonished his descendants never to lose sight of it, nor forfeit the promises by their wicked conduct. Calmet. 23:17. Menochius.—He teaches us likewise, to be solicitous to obtain Christian burial. Worthington.
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