Genesis 50:12

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Jacob's sons did for him as he had commanded them.

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  • Gen 47:29-31 : 29 When the time of Israel’s death drew near, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, 'If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me steadfast love and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt.' 30 When I lie down with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place.” Joseph answered, 'I will do as you say.' 31 Jacob said, 'Swear to me.' So Joseph swore to him, and Israel bowed in worship at the head of his bed.
  • Gen 49:29-32 : 29 Then he gave them these instructions: 'I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite. 30 The cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite. 31 There Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah were buried, and there I buried Leah. 32 The field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the sons of Heth.
  • Exod 20:12 : 12 Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
  • Acts 7:16 : 16 Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor at Shechem.
  • Eph 6:1 : 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is the right thing to do.

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  • Gen 50:13-16
    4 verses
    81%

    13 They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, near Mamre, which Abraham had bought as a burial site from Ephron the Hittite.

    14 After burying his father, Joseph returned to Egypt with his brothers and all those who had gone up with him to bury his father.

    15 When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, 'What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and repays us for all the evil we did to him?'

    16 So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, 'Before he died, your father gave this command:

  • Gen 50:5-11
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    75%

    5 'My father made me swear, saying, “I am about to die. Bury me in the tomb I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.” Now, please let me go and bury my father, and I will return.'

    6 Pharaoh replied, 'Go and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.'

    7 Joseph went up to bury his father, and all Pharaoh's officials, the elders of his household, and the elders of the land of Egypt went with him.

    8 Joseph's entire household, his brothers, and his father's household accompanied him. But they left their children, flocks, and cattle in the land of Goshen.

    9 Both chariots and horsemen went up with him, making it a very large procession.

    10 When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, near the Jordan, they held a great and solemn lamentation. Joseph observed seven days of mourning for his father.

    11 When the Canaanite inhabitants of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, 'This is a deep mourning for the Egyptians.' Therefore, the place was named Abel Mizraim, which is near the Jordan.

  • Gen 47:29-30
    2 verses
    75%

    29 When the time of Israel’s death drew near, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, 'If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me steadfast love and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt.'

    30 When I lie down with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place.” Joseph answered, 'I will do as you say.'

  • Gen 50:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1 Joseph fell on his father's face, wept over him, and kissed him.

    2 Joseph directed his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father, and the physicians embalmed Israel.

    3 They took forty days for him, because that is how long the embalming process takes, and the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

  • Gen 37:35
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    35 All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, "I will go down to Sheol mourning my son." And his father wept for him.

  • Gen 49:33
    73%

    33 When Jacob had finished giving instructions to his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed, breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.

  • Heb 11:22
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    22 By faith Joseph, nearing the end of his life, spoke of the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions concerning his bones.

  • Gen 25:9
    73%

    9 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, near the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, which is near Mamre.

  • Exod 12:50
    72%

    50 All the Israelites did just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.

  • 1 Kgs 13:31
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    31 After burying him, the prophet said to his sons, 'When I die, bury me in the same tomb where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones.'

  • Gen 46:7
    72%

    7 He brought with him to Egypt his sons, his grandsons, his daughters, his granddaughters, and all his descendants.

  • Gen 27:8
    72%

    8 Now, my son, listen to my voice and do what I command you.

  • Gen 49:29
    72%

    29 Then he gave them these instructions: 'I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

  • Gen 50:24-26
    3 verses
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    24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, 'I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.'

    25 And Joseph made the Israelites swear an oath and said, 'God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.'

    26 So Joseph died at the age of 110. After they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

  • Exod 12:28
    71%

    28 The Israelites went and did just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.

  • Gen 45:17
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    17 Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Tell your brothers to do this: Load your animals and go back to the land of Canaan.'

  • Gen 48:12
    70%

    12 Joseph removed the boys from Israel’s knees and bowed down with his face to the ground.

  • Gen 47:12
    70%

    12 Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household according to the number of their children.

  • Num 31:31
    70%

    31 So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Exod 40:16
    70%

    16 Moses did everything just as the Lord commanded him.

  • Exod 1:6
    70%

    6 Then Joseph, all his brothers, and that entire generation died.