Genesis 47:29

God's Word

Israel was about to die. He called for his son Joseph and said to him, “I want you to swear that you love me and are faithful to me. Please don’t bury me here.

Cross References

Genesis 24:2

So Abraham said to the senior servant of his household who was in charge of all that he owned, “Take a solemn oath.

Genesis 24:49

Tell me whether or not you’re going to show my master true kindness so that I will know what to do.”

Genesis 27:2

Isaac said, “I’m old. I don’t know when I’m going to die.

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your brow, you will produce food to eat until you return to the ground, because you were taken from it. You are dust, and you will return to dust.”

Genesis 47:9

Jacob answered Pharaoh, “The length of my stay on earth has been 130 years. The years of my life have been few and difficult, fewer than my ancestors’ years.”

Genesis 48:21

Then Israel said to Joseph, “Now I’m about to die, but God will be with you. He will bring you back to the land of your fathers.

Genesis 50:12

Jacob’s sons did for him what he had told them to do.

Genesis 50:5

‘My father made me swear an oath. He said, “I’m about to die. Bury me in the tomb I bought for myself in Canaan.” Please let me go there and bury my father; then I’ll come back.’ ”

2 Samuel 14:14

We are all going to die; we are all like water that is poured on the ground and can’t be gathered up. But doesn’t God forgive a person? He never plans to keep a banished person in exile.

2 Samuel 2:32

They took Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and arrived at Hebron by daybreak.

2 Samuel 7:12

“ ‘When the time comes for you to lie down in death with your ancestors, I will send one of your descendants, ⌞one⌟ who will come from you. I will establish his kingdom.

1 Kings 2:1

When David was about to die, he instructed his son Solomon,

Job 14:14

“If a person dies, will he go on living? I will wait for my relief to come as long as my hard labor continues.

Job 30:23

I know you will lead me to death, to the dwelling place appointed for all living beings.

Job 7:1

“Isn’t a mortal’s stay on earth difficult like a hired hand’s daily ⌞work⌟?

Psalm 49:7

No one can ever buy back another person or pay God a ransom for his life.

Psalm 49:9

in order to live forever and never see the pit.

Psalm 6:5

In death, no one remembers you. In the grave, who praises you?

Psalm 89:48

Can a mortal go on living and never see death? Who can set himself free from the power of the grave? Selah

Deuteronomy 31:14

The Lord said to Moses, “The time of your death is coming soon. Call for Joshua. Both of you come to the tent of meeting, and I will give him his instructions.” Moses and Joshua came to the tent of meeting.

Deuteronomy 31:16

The Lord said to Moses, “Soon you are going to lie down in death with your ancestors. When these people enter the land and are living among the foreigners there, they will chase after foreign gods as though they were prostitutes. They will abandon me and reject the promise  I made to them.

Hebrews 11:22

While Joseph was dying, faith led him to speak about the Israelites leaving Egypt and give them instructions about burying his bones.

Hebrews 9:27

People die once, and after that they are judged.

Joshua 2:14

The men promised her, “We pledge our lives for your lives. If you don’t tell anyone what we’re doing here, we’ll treat you kindly and honestly when the Lord gives us this land.”

Joshua 23:14

“Pay attention, because I will soon die like everyone else. You know with all your heart and soul that not one single promise which the Lord your God has given you has ever failed to come true. Every single word has come true.

1 Samuel 26:10

I solemnly swear, as the Lord lives,” David added, “the Lord will strike him. Either his time will come when he’ll die ⌞naturally⌟, or he’ll go into battle and be swept away.