Genesis 50:5

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.’”

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  • 2 Chr 16:14 : 14 He was buried in the tomb he had carved out in the City of David. They laid him to rest on a platform covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him.
  • Isa 22:16 : 16 ‘What right do you have to be here? What relatives do you have buried here? Why do you chisel out a tomb for yourself here? He chisels out his burial site in an elevated place, he carves out his tomb on a cliff.
  • Matt 27:60 : 60 and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance of the tomb and went away.
  • Gen 47:29-31 : 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, 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 48:21 : 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 49:29-30 : 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. 30 It is the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought for a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite.
  • Gen 50:24 : 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.”
  • Deut 4:22 : 22 So I must die here in this land; I will not cross the Jordan. But you are going over and will possess that good land.
  • 1 Sam 14:43 : 43 So Saul said to Jonathan,“Tell me what you have done.” Jonathan told him,“I used the end of the staff that was in my hand to taste a little honey. I must die!”
  • Job 30:23 : 23 I know that you are bringing me to death, to the meeting place for all the living.
  • Ps 79:3 : 3 They have made their blood flow like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them.
  • Eccl 6:3 : 3 Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years– even if he lives a long, long time, but cannot enjoy his prosperity– even if he were to live forever– I would say,“A stillborn child is better off than he is!”
  • Eccl 12:5 : 5 and they are afraid of heights and the dangers in the street; the almond blossoms grow white, and the grasshopper drags itself along, and the caper berry shrivels up– because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about in the streets–
  • Eccl 12:7 : 7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life’s breath returns to God who gave it.
  • Luke 9:59-60 : 59 Jesus said to another,“Follow me.” But he replied,“Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” 60 But Jesus said to him,“Let the dead bury their own dead, but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
  • Matt 8:21-22 : 21 Another of the 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 own dead.”
  • 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.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 50:6-8
    3 verses
    91%

    6So Pharaoh said,“Go and bury your father, just as he made you swear to do.”

    7So 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,

    8all Joseph’s household, his brothers, and his father’s household. But they left their little children and their flocks and herds in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 50:12-17
    6 verses
    84%

    12So the sons of Jacob did for him just as he had instructed them.

    13His 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.

    14After he buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, along with his brothers and all who had accompanied him to bury his father.

    15When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said,“What if Joseph bears a grudge and wants to repay us in full for all the harm we did to him?”

    16So they sent word to Joseph, saying,“Your father gave these instructions before he died:

    17‘Tell Joseph this: Please forgive the sin of your brothers and the wrong they did when they treated you so badly.’ Now please forgive the sin of the servants of the God of your father.” When this message was reported to him, Joseph wept.

  • Gen 47:29-31
    3 verses
    84%

    29The 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,

    30but 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.”

    31Jacob 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 50:24-26
    3 verses
    82%

    24Then 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.”

    25Joseph 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.”

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

  • Gen 46:30-31
    2 verses
    81%

    30Israel said to Joseph,“Now let me die since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.”

    31Then Joseph said to his brothers and his father’s household,“I will go up and tell Pharaoh,‘My brothers and my father’s household who were in the land of Canaan have come to me.

  • Gen 45:9-10
    2 verses
    79%

    9Now go up to my father quickly and tell him,‘This is what your son Joseph says:“God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay!

    10You will live in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me– you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.

  • Gen 50:4
    78%

    4When 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,

  • Gen 48:21
    78%

    21Then 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 49:29
    77%

    29Then 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 50:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1The Burials of Jacob and Joseph Then Joseph hugged his father’s face. He wept over him and kissed him.

    2Joseph instructed the physicians in his service to embalm his father, so the physicians embalmed Israel.

  • Gen 44:34
    76%

    34For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see my father’s pain.”

  • Gen 46:4
    76%

    4I will go down with you to Egypt and I myself will certainly bring you back from there. Joseph will close your eyes.”

  • Exod 13:19
    76%

    19Moses 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.”

  • Gen 47:5
    76%

    5Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Your father and your brothers have come to you.

  • Gen 45:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    17Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Say to your brothers,‘Do this: Load your animals and go to the land of Canaan!

    18Get your father and your households and come to me! Then I will give you the best land in Egypt and you will eat the best of the land.’

  • Gen 45:13
    76%

    13So tell my father about all my honor in Egypt and about everything you have seen. But bring my father down here quickly!”

  • Gen 45:25
    75%

    25So they went up from Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 44:32
    75%

    32Indeed, your servant pledged security for the boy with my father, saying,‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame before my father all my life.’

  • Gen 44:22
    74%

    22We said to my lord,‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die.’

  • Gen 42:38
    74%

    38But Jacob replied,“My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If an accident happens to him on the journey you have to make, then you will bring down my gray hair in sorrow to the grave.”

  • Gen 37:35
    74%

    35All his sons and daughters stood by him to console him, but he refused to be consoled.“No,” he said,“I will go to the grave mourning my son.” So Joseph’s father wept for him.

  • Gen 45:28
    74%

    28Then Israel said,“Enough! My son Joseph is still alive! I will go and see him before I die.”