And the time drew near that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in your sight, put, I pray you, your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray you, in Egypt:

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Thigh. To swear, as the steward of Abraham did, chap. xxiv. 2. Kindness and truth. This act of real mercy; or, show me mercy, by promising freely to comply with my request; and truth, by fulfilling this oath. (Menochius)

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