Genesis 47:29

New Living Translation

As the time of his death drew near, Jacob called for his son Joseph and said to him, “Please do me this favor. Put your hand under my thigh and swear that you will treat me with unfailing love by honoring this last request: Do not bury me in Egypt.

Cross References

Genesis 24:2

One day Abraham said to his oldest servant, the man in charge of his household, “Take an oath by putting your hand under my thigh.

Genesis 24:49

So tell me—will you or won’t you show unfailing love and faithfulness to my master? Please tell me yes or no, and then I’ll know what to do next.”

Genesis 27:2

“I am an old man now,” Isaac said, “and I don’t know when I may die.

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your brow will you have food to eat until you return to the ground from which you were made. For you were made from dust, and to dust you will return.”

Genesis 47:9

Jacob replied, “I have traveled this earth for 130 hard years. But my life has been short compared to the lives of my ancestors.”

Genesis 48:21

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

Genesis 50:12

So Jacob’s sons did as he had commanded them.

Genesis 50:5

Tell him that my father made me swear an oath. He said to me, ‘Listen, I am about to die. Take my body back to the land of Canaan, and bury me in the tomb I prepared for myself.’ So please allow me to go and bury my father. After his burial, I will return without delay.”

2 Samuel 14:14

All of us must die eventually. Our lives are like water spilled out on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God does not just sweep life away; instead, he devises ways to bring us back when we have been separated from him.

2 Samuel 2:32

Joab and his men took Asahel’s body to Bethlehem and buried him there in his father’s tomb. Then they traveled all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.

2 Samuel 7:12

For when you die and are buried with your ancestors, I will raise up one of your descendants, your own offspring, and I will make his kingdom strong.

1 Kings 2:1

As the time of King David’s death approached, he gave this charge to his son Solomon:

Job 14:14

Can the dead live again? If so, this would give me hope through all my years of struggle, and I would eagerly await the release of death.

Job 30:23

And I know you are sending me to my death— the destination of all who live.

Job 7:1

“Is not all human life a struggle? Our lives are like that of a hired hand,

Psalm 49:7

Yet they cannot redeem themselves from death by paying a ransom to God.

Psalm 49:9

to live forever and never see the grave.

Psalm 6:5

For the dead do not remember you. Who can praise you from the grave?

Psalm 89:48

No one can live forever; all will die. No one can escape the power of the grave. Interlude

Deuteronomy 31:14

Then the Lord said to Moses, “The time has come for you to die. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tabernacle, so that I may commission him there.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tabernacle.

Deuteronomy 31:16

The Lord said to Moses, “You are about to die and join your ancestors. After you are gone, these people will begin to worship foreign gods, the gods of the land where they are going. They will abandon me and break my covenant that I have made with them.

Hebrews 11:22

It was by faith that Joseph, when he was about to die, said confidently that the people of Israel would leave Egypt. He even commanded them to take his bones with them when they left.

Hebrews 9:27

And just as each person is destined to die once and after that comes judgment,

Joshua 2:14

“We offer our own lives as a guarantee for your safety,” the men agreed. “If you don’t betray us, we will keep our promise and be kind to you when the Lord gives us the land.”

Joshua 23:14

“Soon I will die, going the way of everything on earth. Deep in your hearts you know that every promise of the Lord your God has come true. Not a single one has failed!

1 Samuel 26:10

Surely the Lord will strike Saul down someday, or he will die of old age or in battle.