Genesis 47:29, “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:”
II Corinthians 5:8: “We are confident I say and willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.” I had a friend who was a retired Greek professor and Greek Orthodox. I was a retired Hebrew teacher and Baptist. We would get together once a week for a
