Genesis 47:29

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

When Jacob knew he did not have long to live, he called in Joseph and said, “If you really love me, you must make a solemn promise not to bury me in Egypt.

Cross References

Genesis 24:2

One day, Abraham called in his most trusted servant and said to him, “Solemnly promise me

Genesis 24:49

Now please tell me if you are willing to do the right thing for my master. Will you treat him fairly, or do I have to look for another young woman?

Genesis 27:2

Isaac replied, “I am old and might die at any time.

Genesis 3:19

You will have to sweat to earn a living; you were made out of soil, and you will once again turn into soil.”

Genesis 47:9

Jacob answered, “I have lived only a hundred and thirty years, and I have had to move from place to place. My parents and my grandparents also had to move from place to place. But they lived much longer, and their life was not as hard as mine.”

Genesis 48:21

After that, Jacob said, “Joseph, you can see that I won't live much longer. But God will be with you and will lead you back to the land he promised our family long ago.

Genesis 50:12

So Jacob's sons did just as their father had instructed.

Genesis 50:5

Just before my father died, he made me promise to bury him in his burial cave in Canaan. If the king will give me permission to go, I will come back here.”

2 Samuel 14:14

We each must die and disappear like water poured out on the ground. But God doesn't take our lives. Instead, he finds ways of bringing us back when we run away.

2 Samuel 2:32

Joab and his troops carried Asahel's body to Bethlehem and buried him in the family burial place. Then they marched all night and reached Hebron before sunrise.

2 Samuel 7:12

I'll choose one of your sons to be king when you reach the end of your life and are buried in the tomb of your ancestors. I'll make him a strong ruler,

1 Kings 2:1

Not long before David died, he told Solomon:

Job 14:14

Will we humans live again? I would gladly suffer and wait for my time.

Job 30:23

Soon he will send me home to the world of the dead, where we all must go.

Job 7:1

Why is life so hard? Why do we suffer?

Psalm 49:7

You cannot buy back your life or pay off God!

Psalm 49:9

to stay alive for ever and safe from death.

Psalm 6:5

If I die, I cannot praise you or even remember you.

Psalm 89:48

No one can escape the power of death and the grave.

Deuteronomy 31:14

The LORD told Moses, “You will soon die, so bring Joshua to the sacred tent, and I will appoint him the leader of Israel.” Moses and Joshua went to the sacred tent,

Deuteronomy 31:16

The LORD said: Moses, you will soon die. But Israel is going into a land where other gods are worshipped, and Israel will reject me and start worshipping these gods. The people will break the agreement I made with them,

Hebrews 11:22

And just before Joseph died, he had faith that God would lead the people of Israel out of Egypt. So he told them to take his bones with them.

Hebrews 9:27

We die only once, and then we are judged.

Joshua 2:14

“Rahab,” the spies answered, “if you keep quiet about what we're doing, we promise to be kind to you when the LORD gives us this land. We pray that the LORD will kill us if we don't keep our promise!”

Joshua 23:14

I will soon die, as everyone must. But deep in your hearts you know that the LORD has kept every promise he ever made to you. Not one of them has been broken.

1 Samuel 26:10

As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD will kill Saul, or Saul will die a natural death or be killed in battle.