Genesis 47:29-31 - And 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: But 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. And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.
Why did Jacob ask this favor of Joseph and not of Reuben his firstborn, or Judah or any others? Because Jacob recognized Joseph's authority and now bowed himself to Joseph:figuratively in asking this favor; literally in his bed (to which he was apparently now confined). As Joseph had dreamed (Genesis 37:10), his brothers had already been forced to bow to him (Genesis 42:6). Now Jacob his father also fulfills the dream / prophecy.
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