Genesis 47:30

God's Word

I want to rest with my ancestors. Take me out of Egypt, and bury me in their tomb.” “I will do as you say,” Joseph answered.

Cross References

Genesis 15:15

But you will die in peace and be buried at a very old age.

Genesis 23:17

So Ephron’s field at Machpelah, east of Mamre, was sold

Genesis 23:19

After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah, east of Mamre (that is, Hebron).

Genesis 25:10

This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.

Genesis 25:9

His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah in the field of Ephron, son of Zohar the Hittite. The cave is east of Mamre.

Genesis 35:29

when he took his last breath and died. He joined his ancestors in death at a very old age. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Genesis 50:25

Joseph made Israel’s sons swear an oath. He said, “God will definitely take care of you. So be sure to carry my bones back with you.”

2 Samuel 19:37

Please let me go back so that I can die in my city near the grave of my father and mother. But here is Chimham. Let him go across with you. And do for him what you think is right.”

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.

1 Kings 13:22

You came back, ate, and drank at this place about which he told you, ‘Don’t eat or drink there.’ That is why your dead body will not be allowed to be placed in the tomb of your ancestors.”

Nehemiah 2:3

“May the king live forever!” I said to the king. “Why shouldn’t I look sad when the city, the place where my ancestors are buried, is in ruins and its gates are burned down?”

Nehemiah 2:5

and I asked the king, “If it pleases Your Majesty, and you are willing to grant my request, let me go to Judah, to the city where my ancestors are buried, so that I can rebuild it.”

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.