Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 47:29

29 And the time drew [illegible: 1+ letters]igh 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.

(i. e.) Swear to me, as ver. 31. that thou wilt do what I am now desiring of thee. See the notes on Gen. 24. 2. He requires this, not out of any distrust of Iosephs promise, but partly as a more solemn protestation of his right to, and affection for that promised land: partly as a motive to all his children to have their minds and hearts there even when their bodies were in Egypt; and partly to give Ioseph an argument and excuse to Pharaoh that he might more willingly permit Ioseph to fulfil his fathers desire because of his own oath.

Or, that thou wilt deal: as the Hebrew Vau joyned with the future tense is elsewhere used, as Psal. 24. 7. and 35. 24. and 51. 15.

Kindly in promising, and truly in performing thy promise.

Marginal references: chap. 24. 2.; See chap. 50▪ 25.