When the time approached for him to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, ‘If I have found favour with you, put your hand under my thigh and promise me that you will deal with me in kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt.
The men answered her, ‘We will give our lives for yours. If you don’t report our mission, we will show kindness and faithfulness to you when the Lord gives us the land.’
I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. Indeed, I crossed over the Jordan with my staff, and now I have become two camps.
Please let us travel through your land. We won’t travel through any field or vineyard, or drink any well water. We will travel the King’s Road; we won’t turn to the right or the left until we have travelled through your territory.” ’