Genesis 50:5

The Passion Translation

‘My dying father made me promise that I would bury him in the land of Canaan—in a tomb he had hewn with his own hands. Please give me permission to go and bury my father; then I will return.’ ”

Cross References

Isaiah 22:16

‘What right do you have to be here, and who gave you permission? And why do you chisel out a tomb for yourself here, carving out your royal burial place, a dwelling place in the rock?

Matthew 27:60

They rolled a large stone to seal the entrance of the tomb and left.

Psalm 79:3

The shed blood of your servants has soaked the city, with no one left to bury the dead.

Genesis 50:24

Then Joseph declared to his brothers, “I will die one day, but God will certainly come to you and fulfill his promises to bring you and your descendants from this land and lead you to the land he promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Genesis 48:21

Then Israel said to Joseph, “Son, I will die soon, but God’s presence will go with you, and one day, he will take you back to the land of your ancestors.

Genesis 3:19

You will painfully toil and sweat to produce food to eat, until your body—taken from the ground—returns to the ground. For you are from dust, and to dust you will return.”

Genesis 50:4

and when the weeping period was over, Joseph approached Pharaoh’s officials and said to them, “Please, may I ask a personal favor? Bring my appeal before Pharaoh and tell him:

Genesis 50:6

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Go to Canaan, bury your father, and keep your promise to him.”