25. They said, “You’ve saved our lives! Master, we’re grateful and glad to be slaves to Pharaoh.”
26. Joseph decreed a land law in Egypt that is still in effect, A Fifth Goes to Pharaoh. Only the priests’ lands were not owned by Pharaoh.
27-28. And so Israel settled down in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property and flourished. They became a large company of people. Jacob lived in Egypt for seventeen years. In all, he lived 147 years.
29-30. When the time came for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said, “Do me this favor. Put your hand under my thigh, a sign that you’re loyal and true to me to the end. Don’t bury me in Egypt. When I lie down with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me alongside them.”“I will,” he said. “I’ll do what you’ve asked.”
31. Israel said, “Promise me.” Joseph promised.Israel bowed his head in submission and gratitude from his bed.