Jacob's Burial and Joseph's Faith

After Jacob died, Joseph obeyed his father’s request. He asked Pharaoh for permission to take his father back to Canaan and bury him in the cave of Machpelah. After they returned to Egypt, Joseph’s brothers feared he would take revenge, but Joseph wept and comforted them: “Am I in the place of God? You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good.” He promised to care for them and their children. Later Joseph lived to 110, and near death he still trusted God’s promise, asking his family to carry his bones to the promised land one day.