Verse 5

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.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  "Min far ba meg sverge og sa: Se, jeg er i ferd med å dø. I graven som jeg gravde meg i Kanaans land, der skal du begrave meg. La meg nå dra opp for å begrave min far, så skal jeg komme tilbake."

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Min far fikk meg til å sverge og sa: 'Se, jeg dør. I graven som jeg har gravd til meg selv i Kanaans land, der skal du begrave meg.' La meg derfor få dra opp og begrave min far, så skal jeg komme tilbake."

• Norsk King James

  Min far fikk meg til å sverge og sa: Se, jeg dør; i graven jeg har gjort i Kanaan, der skal du begrave meg. La meg nå få gå opp for å begrave min far, så vil jeg komme tilbake.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Min far tok en ed av meg og sa: 'Se, jeg dør. I min grav som jeg gravde meg i Kanaans land, der skal du begrave meg.' La meg dra opp og begrave min far, så kommer jeg tilbake igjen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  'Min far tok meg i ed og sa: 'Se, jeg dør. I graven som jeg gravde for meg i landet Kanaan, der skal du begrave meg.' La meg nå dra opp og begrave min far, så vil jeg komme tilbake.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Min far fikk meg til å sverge og sa: Se, jeg dør; i min grav som jeg har gravd ut for meg i Kanaans land, skal du begrave meg. La meg nå få dra dit og begrave min far, så skal jeg komme tilbake.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  «Min far påla meg å sverge og sa: Se, jeg dør; og i graven jeg har gravd for meg i Kanaan, der skal du begrave meg. La meg derfor få gå opp og begrave min far, så vender jeg tilbake.»

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Min far fikk meg til å sverge og sa: Se, jeg dør; i min grav som jeg har gravd ut for meg i Kanaans land, skal du begrave meg. La meg nå få dra dit og begrave min far, så skal jeg komme tilbake.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Min far har latt meg sverge og sagt: Se, jeg skal dø; i graven som jeg har gravd for meg i Kanaans land, der skal du begrave meg. Nå ber jeg deg, la meg dra opp og begrave min far, og jeg skal komme tilbake.»

• 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.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  'Min far fikk meg til å sverge og sa: Se, jeg skal dø. I graven som jeg gravde for meg selv i Kanaans land, der skal du begrave meg. Nå, vennligst, la meg dra opp for å begrave min far, og så skal jeg vende tilbake.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Min Fader tog en Ed af mig og sagde: See, jeg døer; i min Grav, som jeg lod mig grave i Canaans Land, der skal du begrave mig; og nu, Kjære, vil jeg fare op og begrave min Fader, og jeg vil komme igjen.

• 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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Min far fikk meg til å sverge og sa: 'Se, jeg skal dø. Begrav meg i graven som jeg gravde for meg i Kanaans land.' La meg dra opp dit og begrave min far, så kommer jeg tilbake.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Min far fikk meg til å love og sa: ‘Se, jeg er i ferd med å dø. Begrav meg i min grav som jeg har gravd til meg selv i Kanaans land.’ Så la meg reise opp og begrave min far, så vil jeg komme tilbake.”

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Min far fikk meg til å sverge og sa: Se, jeg dør; i min gravplass som jeg har gjort klar i Kanaans land, der skal du begrave meg. Derfor, la meg dra opp og begrave min far, så kommer jeg tilbake.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Min far fikk meg til å sverge og sa: Se, jeg skal dø. I graven som jeg har gravd for meg i Kanaans land, der skal du begrave meg. La meg nå dra opp og begrave min far, så vil jeg komme tilbake.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Min far fikk meg til å avlegge ed og sa: Når jeg er død, legg meg til hvile på det stedet jeg har gjort klart for meg selv i Kanaans land. La meg derfor reise for å legge min far til hvile, så kommer jeg tilbake.

• 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.

• 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.