Genesis 47:31

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And he said, “Swear to me”; and he swore to him. Then Israel bowed himself upon the head of his bed.

Cross References

Genesis 21:23

now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity, but as I have dealt loyally with you, you will deal with me and with the land where you have sojourned.”

Genesis 21:24

And Abraham said, “I will swear.”

Genesis 24:2

And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his house, who had charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh,

Genesis 24:26

The man bowed his head and worshiped the Lord,

Genesis 24:3

and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell,

Genesis 31:53

The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac,

Genesis 47:29

And when the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh, and promise to deal loyally and truly with me. Do not bury me in Egypt,

Genesis 50:25

Then Joseph took an oath of the sons of Israel, saying, “God will visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”

Genesis 50:5

My father made me swear, saying, ‘I am about to die: in my tomb which I hewed out for myself in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me.’ Now therefore let me go up, I pray you, and bury my father; then I will return.”

1 Kings 1:47

Moreover the king's servants came to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘Your God make the name of Solomon more famous than yours, and make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king bowed himself upon the bed.

Hebrews 11:21

By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, bowing in worship over the head of his staff.