Jacob’s Final Resting Place

“Did you know… many Christians today do not realize that Jacob was never buried in Egypt?

Most assume he died and stayed there, but the truth will surprise you!” “Jacob,

the father of Israel’s twelve tribes, spent his final days in Egypt with his son Joseph.

Life there was comfortable, secure… yet Jacob had a different plan. Before he passed

away, he made Joseph swear: ‘I will rest with my fathers; you shall carry me out

of Egypt and bury me in their burial place.’ (Genesis 47:29-30)” “After Jacob died,

Joseph honored his father’s wish. For forty days, the physicians embalmed Jacob’s body.

Then a grand funeral procession—Pharaoh’s officials, Egyptian chariots, and all of Joseph’s