Genesis 50:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

My father made me swear, saying, Behold, I die: in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray you, and bury my father, and I will come again.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    '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.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digd 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    My 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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    My 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.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    my father made me swere and sayde: loo Ioye se that thou burye me in my graue which I haue made me in the lande of Canaan. Now therfore let me goo and burye my father ad tha will I come agayne.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    My father hath taken an ooth of me, & sayde: Beholde, I dye, burye me in myne owne graue, which I dygged for myself in the lade of Canaan. Therfore wyl I now go vp, and burye my father, and come agayne.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    My father made me sweare, saying, Loe, I die, bury me in my graue, which I haue made me in the land of Canaan: now therefore let me go, I pray thee, & bury my father, & I wil come againe.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    My father made me sweare, & sayde, Lo I dye, bury me in the graue which I haue made me in the lande of Chanaan. Nowe therfore let me go vp I pray thee, and bury my father, and then wyl I come agayne.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    My 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    'My father made me swear, saying, "Behold, I am dying. Bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan." Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come again.'"

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    My father caused me to swear, saying, Lo, I am dying; in my burying-place which I have prepared for myself in the land of Canaan, there dost thou bury me; and now, let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and return;'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    My 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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    My 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    My father made me take an oath, saying, When I am dead, put me to rest in the place I have made ready for myself in the land of Canaan. So now let me go and put my father in his last resting-place, and I will come back again.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    'My father made me swear, saying, "Behold, I am dying. Bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan." Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come again.'"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    ‘My father made me swear an oath. He said,“I am about to die. Bury me in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan.” Now let me go and bury my father; then I will return.’”

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 16:14 : 14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and various kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art; and they made a very great burning for him.
  • Isa 22:16 : 16 What have you here? And whom have you here, that you have hewn a sepulcher here, as he who hews himself a sepulcher on high, who carves a dwelling for himself in a rock?
  • Matt 27:60 : 60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, and departed.
  • Gen 47:29-31 : 29 And the time drew near that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If now I have found favor in your sight, put, I pray you, your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; do not bury me, I pray you, in Egypt: 30 But I will lie with my fathers, and you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place. And he said, I will do as you have said. 31 And he said, Swear to me. And he swore to him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.
  • Gen 48:21 : 21 And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
  • Gen 49:29-30 : 29 And he charged them, and said to them, I am to be gathered to my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, 30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burial place.
  • Gen 50:24 : 24 And Joseph said unto his brothers, I die, and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
  • Deut 4:22 : 22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but you shall go over, and possess that good land.
  • 1 Sam 14:43 : 43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, "Tell me what you have done." Jonathan told him, "I only tasted a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand; and now I must die."
  • Job 30:23 : 23 For I know that You will bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
  • Ps 79:3 : 3 Their blood they have shed like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them.
  • Eccl 6:3 : 3 If a man begets a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, yet his soul is not filled with good, and indeed he has no burial; I say, that a premature birth is better than he.
  • Eccl 12:5 : 5 Also when they are afraid of what is high, and fears are in the way, and the almond tree blossoms, and the grasshopper is a burden, and desire fails: because man goes to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets.
  • Eccl 12:7 : 7 Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
  • Luke 9:59-60 : 59 Then he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, let me first go and bury my father. 60 Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and preach the kingdom of God.
  • Matt 8:21-22 : 21 And another of his disciples said to him, Lord, let me first go and bury my father. 22 But Jesus said to him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
  • Gen 3:19 : 19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 50:6-8
    3 verses
    91%

    6And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury your father, according as he made you 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,

    8And all the house of Joseph, and his brothers, and his father's house, only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 50:12-17
    6 verses
    84%

    12And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them,

    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 from Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

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

    15And when Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will perhaps hate us, and will certainly repay us all the evil that we did unto him.

    16And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Your father did command before he died, saying,

    17So shall you say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray you now, the trespass of your brothers, and their sin, for they did unto you evil, and now, we pray you, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of your father. And Joseph wept when they spoke unto him.

  • Gen 47:29-31
    3 verses
    84%

    29And the time drew near that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If now I have found favor in your sight, put, I pray you, your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; do not bury me, I pray you, in Egypt:

    30But I will lie with my fathers, and you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place. And he said, I will do as you have said.

    31And he said, Swear to me. And he swore to him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.

  • Gen 50:24-26
    3 verses
    82%

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

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

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

  • Gen 46:30-31
    2 verses
    81%

    30And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are still alive.

    31And Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father's household, I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

  • Gen 45:9-10
    2 verses
    79%

    9Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay.

    10And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near to me, you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks and your herds and all that you have.

  • Gen 50:4
    78%

    4And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

  • Gen 48:21
    78%

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

  • Gen 49:29
    77%

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

  • Gen 50:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

  • Gen 44:34
    76%

    34For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad is not with me? lest perhaps I see the evil that shall come upon my father.

  • Gen 46:4
    76%

    4I will go down with you into Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph shall put his hand upon your eyes.

  • Exod 13:19
    76%

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

  • Gen 47:5
    76%

    5And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, Your father and your brothers have come to you:

  • Gen 45:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    17And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Do this: load your animals and go, get to the land of Canaan.

    18And take your father and your households and come to me; and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.

  • Gen 45:13
    76%

    13And you shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen; and you shall hurry and bring my father down here.

  • Gen 45:25
    75%

    25And they went up out of Egypt and came to the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father,

  • Gen 44:32
    75%

    32For your servant became a guarantee for the lad to my father, saying, If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame to my father forever.

  • Gen 44:22
    74%

    22And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

  • Gen 42:38
    74%

    38And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left: if harm befalls him on the journey in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

  • Gen 37:35
    74%

    35And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave mourning my son. Thus his father wept for him.

  • Gen 45:28
    74%

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