Genesis 47:29

New English Translation

The time for Israel to die approached, so he called for his son Joseph and said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh and show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,

Cross References

Genesis 24:2

Abraham said to his servant, the senior one in his household who was in charge of everything he had, “Put your hand under my thigh

Genesis 24:49

Now, if you will show faithful love to my master, tell me. But if not, tell me as well, so that I may go on my way.”

Genesis 27:2

Isaac said, “Since I am so old, I could die at any time.

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”

Genesis 47:9

Jacob said to Pharaoh, “All the years of my travels are 130. All the years of my life have been few and painful; the years of my travels are not as long as those of my ancestors.”

Genesis 48:21

Then Israel said to Joseph, “I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.

Genesis 50:12

So the sons of Jacob did for him just as he had instructed them.

Genesis 50:5

‘My father made me swear an oath. He said, “I am about to die. Bury me in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan.” Now let me go and bury my father; then I will return.’”

2 Samuel 14:14

Certainly we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. But God does not take away life; instead he devises ways for the banished to be restored.

2 Samuel 2:32

They took Asahel’s body and buried him in his father’s tomb at Bethlehem. Joab and his men then traveled all that night and reached Hebron by dawn.

2 Samuel 7:12

When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.

1 Kings 2:1

When David was close to death, he told Solomon his son:

Job 14:14

If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait until my release comes.

Job 30:23

I know that you are bringing me to death, to the meeting place for all the living.

Job 7:1

“Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man?

Psalm 49:7

Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price

Psalm 49:9

so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.

Psalm 6:5

For no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you thanks?

Psalm 89:48

No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol. (Selah)

Deuteronomy 31:14

Then the Lord said to Moses, “The day of your death is near. Summon Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting so that I can commission him.” So Moses and Joshua presented themselves in the tent of meeting.

Deuteronomy 31:16

Then the Lord said to Moses, “You are about to die, and then these people will begin to prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land into which they are going. They will reject me and break my covenant that I have made with them.

Hebrews 11:22

By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, mentioned the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions about his burial.

Hebrews 9:27

And just as people are appointed to die once, and then to face judgment,

Joshua 2:14

The men said to her, “If you die, may we die too! If you do not report what we’ve been up to, then, when the Lord hands the land over to us, we will show unswerving allegiance to you.”

Joshua 23:14

“Look, today I am about to die. You know with all your heart and being that not even one of all the faithful promises the Lord your God made to you is left unfulfilled; every one was realized – not one promise is unfulfilled!

1 Samuel 26:10

David went on to say, “As the Lord lives, the Lord himself will strike him down. Either his day will come and he will die, or he will go down into battle and be swept away.