Genesis 50:5

New Century Version

‘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.’ ”

Cross References

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 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 50:24

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

Genesis 50:4

When this time of sorrow had ended, Joseph spoke to the king’s officers and said, “If you think well of me, please tell this to the king:

Genesis 50:6

The king answered, “Keep your promise. Go and bury your father.”

2 Chronicles 16:14

The people buried Asa in the tomb he had made for himself in Jerusalem. They laid him on a bed filled with spices and different kinds of mixed perfumes, and they made a large fire to honor him.

Job 30:23

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

Psalm 79:3

They have spilled blood like water all around Jerusalem. No one was left to bury the dead.

Ecclesiastes 12:5

You will fear high places and will be afraid to go for a walk. Your hair will become white like the flowers on an almond tree. You will limp along like a grasshopper when you walk. Your appetite will be gone. Then you will go to your everlasting home, and people will go to your funeral.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

You will turn back into the dust of the earth again, but your spirit will return to God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 6:3

A man might have a hundred children and live a long time, but what good is it if he can’t enjoy the good God gives him or have a proper burial? I say a baby born dead is better off than he is.

Isaiah 22:16

Say to him, ‘What are you doing here? Who said you could cut out a tomb for your self here? Why are you preparing your tomb in a high place? Why are you carving out a tomb from the rock?

Matthew 27:60

He put Jesus’ body in a new tomb that he had cut out of a wall of rock, and he rolled a very large stone to block the entrance of the tomb. Then Joseph went away.

Deuteronomy 4:22

I will die here in this land and not cross the Jordan, but you will soon go across and take that good land.

1 Samuel 14:43

Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.” So Jonathan told Saul, “I only tasted a little honey from the end of my stick. And must I die now?”