Genesis 50:5

Good News Translation

‘When my father was about to die, he made me promise him that I would bury him in the tomb which he had prepared in the land of Canaan. So please let me go and bury my father, and then I will come back.’”

Cross References

Genesis 3:19

You will have to work hard and sweat to make the soil produce anything, until you go back to the soil from which you were formed. You were made from soil, and you will become soil again.”

Genesis 48:21

Then Jacob said to Joseph, “As you see, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will take you back to the land of your ancestors.

Genesis 50:24

He said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will certainly take care of you and lead you out of this land to the land he solemnly promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Genesis 50:4

When the time of mourning was over, Joseph said to the king's officials, “Please take this message to the king:

Genesis 50:6

The king answered, “Go and bury your father, as you promised you would.”

2 Chronicles 16:14

and was buried in the rock tomb which he had carved out for himself in David's City. They used spices and perfumed oils to prepare his body for burial, and they built a huge bonfire to mourn his death.

Job 30:23

I know you are taking me off to my death, to the fate in store for everyone.

Psalm 79:3

They shed your people's blood like water; blood flowed like water all through Jerusalem, and no one was left to bury the dead.

Ecclesiastes 12:5

You will be afraid of high places, and walking will be dangerous. Your hair will turn white; you will hardly be able to drag yourself along, and all desire will be gone. We are going to our final resting place, and then there will be mourning in the streets.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

Our bodies will return to the dust of the earth, and the breath of life will go back to God, who gave it to us.

Ecclesiastes 6:3

We may have a hundred children and live a long time, but no matter how long we live, if we do not get our share of happiness and do not receive a decent burial, then I say that a baby born dead is better off.

Isaiah 22:16

“Who do you think you are? What right do you have to carve a tomb for yourself out of the rocky hillside?

Matthew 27:60

and placed it in his own tomb, which he had just recently dug out of solid rock. Then he rolled a large stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.

Deuteronomy 4:22

I will die in this land and never cross the river, but you are about to go across and occupy that fertile land.

1 Samuel 14:43

Then Saul asked Jonathan, “What have you done?” Jonathan answered, “I ate a little honey with the stick I was holding. Here I am—I am ready to die.”