Genesis 47:29

American Standard Version (1901)

And the time drew near that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found favor 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;

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  • Gen 24:2 : 2 And Abraham said unto his servant, the elder of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
  • Gen 24:49 : 49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
  • Deut 31:14 : 14 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.
  • 1 Kgs 2:1 : 1 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
  • Gen 50:24-25 : 24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die; but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
  • Gen 3:19 : 19 in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
  • Gen 47:9 : 9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
  • 2 Sam 7:12 : 12 When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, that shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
  • 2 Sam 14:14 : 14 For we must needs die, and are as water split on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God take away life, but deviseth means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him.
  • Job 7:1 : 1 Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
  • Job 14:14 : 14 If a man die, shall he live [again] ? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till my release should come.
  • Job 30:23 : 23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.
  • Ps 6:5 : 5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: In Sheol who shall give thee thanks?
  • Ps 49:7 : 7 None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him;
  • Ps 49:9 : 9 That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.
  • Ps 89:48 : 48 What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? {{Selah
  • Acts 7:15-16 : 15 And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, himself and our fathers; 16 and they were carried over unto Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver of the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
  • Heb 9:27 : 27 And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this [cometh] judgment;
  • Heb 11:22 : 22 By faith Joseph, when his end was nigh, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 47:30-31
    2 verses
    86%

    30but when I sleep with my fathers, thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying-place. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.

    31And he said, Swear unto me: and he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.

  • Gen 50:1-7
    7 verses
    79%

    1And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

    2And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

    3And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him three-score and ten days.

    4And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found favor in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

    5My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.

    6And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.

    7And Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

  • 21And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God will be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

  • Gen 46:29-30
    2 verses
    79%

    29And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen; and he presented himself unto him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

    30And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive.

  • 29And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

  • Gen 50:24-26
    3 verses
    76%

    24And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die; but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

    25And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.

    26So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

  • 28And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred forty and seven years.

  • 4I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.

  • Gen 48:10-13
    4 verses
    75%

    10Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

    11And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath let me see thy seed also.

    12And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

    13And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.

  • Gen 50:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a burying-place, of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

    14And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

  • 22By faith Joseph, when his end was nigh, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

  • 2And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

  • 28and Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.

  • 16And they sent a message unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

  • 7And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

  • 31it will come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not [with us], that he will die: and thy servants will bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.

  • 33And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.

  • 29and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.

  • 19And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.

  • 15And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who hath fed me all my life long unto this day,