Genesis 47:29

New Century Version

When Israel knew he soon would die, he called his son Joseph to him and said to him, “If you love me, put your hand under my leg. Promise me you will not bury me in Egypt.

Cross References

Genesis 24:2

Abraham said to his oldest servant, who was in charge of everything he owned, “Put your hand under my leg.

Genesis 24:49

Now, tell me, will you be kind and truthful to my master? And if not, tell me so. Then I will know what I should do.”

Genesis 27:2

Isaac said, “I am old and don’t know when I might die.

Genesis 3:19

You will sweat and work hard for your food. Later you will return to the ground, because you were taken from it. You are dust, and when you die, you will return to the dust.”

Genesis 47:9

Jacob said to him, “My life has been spent wandering from place to place. It has been short and filled with trouble—only one hundred thirty years. My ancestors lived much longer than I.”

Genesis 48:21

Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look at me; I am about to die. But God will be with you and will take you back to the land of your fathers.

Genesis 50:12

So Jacob’s sons did as their father commanded.

Genesis 50:5

‘When my father was near death, I made a promise to him that I would bury him in a cave in the land of Canaan, in a burial place that he cut out for himself. So please let me go and bury my father, and then I will return.’ ”

2 Samuel 14:14

We will all die someday. We’re like water spilled on the ground; no one can gather it back. But God doesn’t take away life. Instead, he plans ways that those who have been sent away will not have to stay away from him!

2 Samuel 2:32

David’s men took Asahel and buried him in the tomb of his father at Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night. The sun came up as they reached Hebron.

2 Samuel 7:12

“ ‘When you die and join your ancestors, I will make one of your sons the next king, and I will set up his kingdom.

1 Kings 2:1

Since it was almost time for David to die, he gave his son Solomon his last commands.

Job 14:14

Will the dead live again? All my days are a struggle; I will wait until my change comes.

Job 30:23

I know you will bring me down to death, to the place where all living people must go.

Job 7:1

“People have a hard task on earth, and their days are like those of a laborer.

Psalm 49:7

No one can buy back the life of another. No one can pay God for his own life,

Psalm 49:9

Do people live forever? Don’t they all face death?

Psalm 6:5

Dead people don’t remember you; those in the grave don’t praise you.

Psalm 89:48

What person alive will not die? Who can escape the grave?Selah

Deuteronomy 31:14

The Lord said to Moses, “Soon you will die. Get Joshua and come to the Meeting Tent so that I may command him.” So Moses and Joshua went to the Meeting Tent.

Deuteronomy 31:16

And the Lord said to Moses, “You will soon die. Then these people will not be loyal to me but will worship the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will leave me, breaking the Agreement I made with them.

Hebrews 11:22

It was by faith that Joseph, while he was dying, spoke about the Israelites leaving Egypt and gave instructions about what to do with his body.

Hebrews 9:27

Just as everyone must die once and then be judged,

Joshua 2:14

The men agreed and said, “It will be our lives for your lives if you don’t tell anyone what we are doing. When the Lord gives us the land, we will be kind and true to you.”

Joshua 23:14

“It’s almost time for me to die. You know and fully believe that the Lord has done great things for you. You know that he has not failed to keep any of his promises.

1 Samuel 26:10

As surely as the Lord lives, the Lord himself will punish Saul. Maybe Saul will die naturally, or maybe he will go into battle and be killed.