Verse 37

Let me return so that I may die in my own city near the grave of my father and my mother. But look, here is your servant Kimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king. Do for him whatever seems appropriate to you.”

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 41:17 : 17 They set out to go to Egypt to get away from the Babylonians, but stopped at Geruth Kimham near Bethlehem.
  • 1 Kgs 2:7 : 7 “Treat fairly the sons of Barzillai of Gilead and provide for their needs, because they helped me when I had to flee from your brother Absalom.
  • 2 Sam 19:40 : 40 When the king crossed over to Gilgal, Kimham crossed over with him. Now all the soldiers of Judah along with half of the soldiers of Israel had helped the king cross over.
  • 1 Kgs 13:22 : 22 You went back. You ate food. And you drank water in the place of which he had said to you,“Eat no food. Drink no water.” Therefore your corpse will not be buried in your ancestral tomb.’”
  • Luke 2:29-30 : 29 “Now, according to your word, Sovereign Lord, permit your servant to depart in peace. 30 For my eyes have seen your salvation
  • 2 Tim 4:6 : 6 For I am already being poured out as an offering, and the time for me to depart is at hand.
  • 2 Pet 1:14 : 14 since I know that my tabernacle will soon be removed, because our Lord Jesus Christ revealed this to me.
  • Gen 47:30 : 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.”
  • 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 49:29-31 : 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. 31 There they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah; there they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah; and there I buried Leah.
  • Gen 50:13 : 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.
  • Josh 23:14 : 14 “Look, today I am about to die. You know with all your heart and being that not even one of all the faithful promises the LORD your God made to you is left unfulfilled; every one was realized– not one promise is unfulfilled!