Origen, on Gen 46:4

“I will go down with thee thither, and will bring thee back again from thence: Joseph also shall put his hands upon thy eyes.”

“But each of us also, in the same manner and in the same way, enters Egypt and struggles and, if he is worthy that God should always remain with him, he will make him "into a great nation." For the number of virtues and the multitude of righteousness in which all the saints are said to be multiplied and to increase is a great nation.That which is said is also fulfilled in the saint: "I will recall you from there in the end." For the end is considered to be the perfection of things and the consummation of virtues. Indeed, for this reason also another saint said, "Recall me not in the midst of my days." And again the Scripture bestows testimony on the great patriarch Abraham since "Abraham died full of days." This statement, therefore, "I will recall you from there in the end," is as if he had said, Since "you have fought a good fight, you have kept the faith, you have finished the course," I will now recall you from this world to the future blessing, to the perfection of eternal life, to "the crown of justice which the Lord will give in the end of the ages to all who love him."”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.