Genesis 47:29
The time for Israel to die approached, so he called for his son Joseph and said to him,“If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh and show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,
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- Gen 24:2 : 2 Abraham said to his servant, the senior one in his household who was in charge of everything he had,“Put your hand under my thigh
- Gen 24:49 : 49 Now, if you will show faithful love to my master, tell me. But if not, tell me as well, so that I may go on my way.”
- Deut 31:14 : 14 The Commissioning of Joshua Then the LORD said to Moses,“The day of your death is near. Summon Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting so that I can commission him.” So Moses and Joshua presented themselves in the tent of meeting.
- 1 Kgs 2:1 : 1 David’s Final Words to Solomon When David was close to death, he told Solomon his son:
- Gen 50:24-25 : 24 Then Joseph said to his brothers,“I am about to die. But God will surely come to you and lead you up from this land to the land he swore on oath to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” 25 Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath. He said,“God will surely come to you. Then you must carry my bones up from this place.”
- Gen 3:19 : 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”
- Gen 47:9 : 9 Jacob said to Pharaoh,“All the years of my travels are 130. All the years of my life have been few and painful; the years of my travels are not as long as those of my ancestors.”
- 2 Sam 7:12 : 12 When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.
- 2 Sam 14:14 : 14 Certainly we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. But God does not take away life; instead he devises ways for the banished to be restored.
- Job 7:1 : 1 The Brevity of Life“Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man?
- Job 14:14 : 14 If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait until my release comes.
- Job 30:23 : 23 I know that you are bringing me to death, to the meeting place for all the living.
- Ps 6:5 : 5 For no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you thanks?
- Ps 49:7 : 7 Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price
- Ps 49:9 : 9 so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.
- Ps 89:48 : 48 No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol.(Selah)
- Acts 7:15-16 : 15 So Jacob went down to Egypt and died there, along with our ancestors, 16 and their bones were later moved to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a certain sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
- Heb 9:27 : 27 And just as people are appointed to die once, and then to face judgment,
- Heb 11:22 : 22 By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, mentioned the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions about his burial.
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- Gen 47:30-312 verses86%
30 but when I rest with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place.” Joseph said,“I will do as you say.”
31 Jacob said,“Swear to me that you will do so.” So Joseph gave him his word. Then Israel bowed down at the head of his bed.
- Gen 50:1-77 verses79%
1 The Burials of Jacob and Joseph Then Joseph hugged his father’s face. He wept over him and kissed him.
2 Joseph instructed the physicians in his service to embalm his father, so the physicians embalmed Israel.
3 They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
4 When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s royal court,“If I have found favor in your sight, please say to Pharaoh,
5 ‘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.’”
6 So Pharaoh said,“Go and bury your father, just as he made you swear to do.”
7 So Joseph went up to bury his father; all Pharaoh’s officials went with him– the senior courtiers of his household, all the senior officials of the land of Egypt,
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21 Then Israel said to Joseph,“I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.
- Gen 46:29-302 verses79%
29 Joseph harnessed his chariot and went up to meet his father Israel in Goshen. When he met him, he hugged his neck and wept on his neck for quite some time.
30 Israel said to Joseph,“Now let me die since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.”
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29 Then he instructed them,“I am about to go to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
- Gen 50:24-263 verses76%
24 Then Joseph said to his brothers,“I am about to die. But God will surely come to you and lead you up from this land to the land he swore on oath to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
25 Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath. He said,“God will surely come to you. Then you must carry my bones up from this place.”
26 So Joseph died at the age of 110. After they embalmed him, his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt.
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28 Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; the years of Jacob’s life were 147 in all.
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4 I will go down with you to Egypt and I myself will certainly bring you back from there. Joseph will close your eyes.”
- Gen 48:10-134 verses75%
10 Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of his age; he was not able to see well. So Joseph brought his sons near to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
11 Israel said to Joseph,“I never expected to see you again, but now God has allowed me to see your children too.”
12 So Joseph moved them from Israel’s knees and bowed down with his face to the ground.
13 Joseph positioned them; he put Ephraim on his right hand across from Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh on his left hand across from Israel’s right hand. Then Joseph brought them closer to his father.
- Gen 50:13-142 verses75%
13 His sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, near Mamre. This is the field Abraham purchased as a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite.
14 After he buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, along with his brothers and all who had accompanied him to bury his father.
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22 By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, mentioned the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions about his burial.
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2 When Jacob was told,“Your son Joseph has just come to you,” Israel regained strength and sat up on his bed.
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28 Then Israel said,“Enough! My son Joseph is still alive! I will go and see him before I die.”
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16 So they sent word to Joseph, saying,“Your father gave these instructions before he died:
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7 Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
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31 When he sees the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father in sorrow to the grave.
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33 When Jacob finished giving these instructions to his sons, he pulled his feet up onto the bed, breathed his last breath, and went to his people.
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29 If you take this one from me too and an accident happens to him, then you will bring down my gray hair in tragedy to the grave.’
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19 Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the Israelites solemnly swear,“God will surely attend to you, and you will carry my bones up from this place with you.”
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15 Then he blessed Joseph and said,“May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked– the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day,