Genesis 47:29

New American Bible - revised edition

When the time approached for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him: “If it pleases you, put your hand under my thigh as a sign of your enduring fidelity to me; do not bury me in Egypt.

Cross References

Genesis 24:2

Abraham said to the senior servant of his household, who had charge of all his possessions: “Put your hand under my thigh,

Genesis 24:49

Now, if you will act with kindness and fidelity toward my master, let me know; but if not, let me know that too. I can then proceed accordingly.”

Genesis 27:2

Isaac then said, “Now I have grown old. I do not know when I might die.

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your brow you shall eat bread, Until you return to the ground, from which you were taken; For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.

Genesis 47:9

Jacob replied: “The years I have lived as a wayfarer amount to a hundred and thirty. Few and hard have been these years of my life, and they do not compare with the years that my ancestors lived as wayfarers.”

Genesis 48:21

Then Israel said to Joseph: “I am about to die. But God will be with you and will restore you to the land of your ancestors.

Genesis 50:12

Thus Jacob’s sons did for him as he had instructed them.

Genesis 50:5

My father made me swear: ‘I am dying. Bury me in my grave that I have prepared for myself in the land of Canaan.’ So now let me go up to bury my father. Then I will come back.”

2 Samuel 14:14

We must indeed die; we are then like water that is poured out on the ground and cannot be gathered up. Yet, though God does not bring back to life, he does devise means so as not to banish anyone from him.

2 Samuel 2:32

They took up Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb in Bethlehem. Joab and his men made an all-night march, and dawn found them in Hebron.

2 Samuel 7:12

when your days have been completed and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring after you, sprung from your loins, and I will establish his kingdom.

1 Kings 2:1

When the time of David’s death drew near, he gave these instructions to Solomon his son:

Job 14:14

If a man were to die, and live again, all the days of my drudgery I would wait for my relief to come.

Job 30:23

Indeed I know that you will return me to death to the house destined for everyone alive.

Job 7:1

Is not life on earth a drudgery, its days like those of a hireling?

Psalm 49:7

Of those who trust in their wealth and boast of their abundant riches?

Psalm 49:9

The redemption of his soul is costly; and he will pass away forever.

Psalm 6:5

Turn back, Lord, rescue my soul; save me because of your mercy.

Psalm 89:48

Remember how brief life is, how frail the sons of man you have created!

Deuteronomy 31:14

The Lord said to Moses, The time is now approaching for you to die. Summon Joshua, and present yourselves at the tent of meeting that I may commission him. So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the tent of meeting.

Deuteronomy 31:16

The Lord said to Moses, Soon you will be at rest with your ancestors, and then this people will prostitute themselves by following the foreign gods among whom they will live in the land they are about to enter. They will forsake me and break the covenant which I have made with them.

Hebrews 11:22

By faith Joseph, near the end of his life, spoke of the Exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.

Hebrews 9:27

Just as it is appointed that human beings die once, and after this the judgment,

Joshua 2:14

“We pledge our lives for yours,” they answered her. “If you do not betray our mission, we will be faithful in showing kindness to you when the Lord gives us the land.”

Joshua 23:14

“Today, as you see, I am going the way of all the earth. So now acknowledge with your whole heart and soul that not one of all the promises the Lord, your God, made concerning you has failed. Every one has come true for you; not one has failed.

1 Samuel 26:10

As the Lord lives,” David declared, “only the Lord can strike him: either when the time comes for him to die, or when he goes out and perishes in battle.