RIP

Jacob (Gen 47:29-30) and Joseph (Gen 50:25) both died in Egypt and each was adamant that their bones should be removed from that country and buried with their fathers. I never fully appreciated the burial request of Jacob and Joseph until we moved my mother-in-law into our house and realized that we’d inadvertently left Grandmother Ethel’s urn buried in the flower garden in the backyard. The house is for sale and we can’t leave Ethel with foreigners, so naturally we’ll go back, dig up the urn and bring her to a new resting place. “Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear an oath. He had said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up with you from this place” (Exodus 13:19 NIV).