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Genesis 47:31 KJV
Genesis · chapter 47 · verse 31
And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.Genesis 47:31 · King James Version
Genesis 47:31 in context
29And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
30But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
31And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- Swearshâbaʻto seven oneselfH7650 →
- bowedshâchâhto depressH7812 →
- bed'smiṭṭâha bed forsleeping or eatingH4296 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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Observe, 1. The comfort Jacob lived in (Gen 47:27, Gen 47:28); while the Egyptians were impoverished in their own land, Jacob was replenished in a strange land. He lived seventeen years after he came into Egypt, far beyond his own expectation.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 27-31