Genesis 47:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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: Put - thy hand under my thigh - See Clarke on Genesis 24:2 (note).