Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For my father made me swear to him, saying: Behold I die; thou shalt bury me in my sepulchre which I have digged for myself in the land of Chanaan. So I will go up and bury my father, and return. made me. Genesis 47:29-31 And when he saw that the day of his death drew nigh, he called his son Joseph, and said to him: If I have found favour in thy sight, put thy hand under my thigh; and thou shalt shew me this kindness and truth, not to bury me in Egypt. . . . Lo, I die. Genesis 50:24 After which he told his brethren: God will visit you after my death, and will make you go up out of this land, to the land which he swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Genesis 48:21 And he said to Joseph, his son: Behold I die, and God will be with you, and will bring you back into the land of your fathers. Genesis 49:29,30 And he charged them, saying: I am now going to be gathered to my people: bury me with my fathers in the double cave, which is in the field of Ephron the Hethite, . . . Deuteronomy 4:22 Behold I die in this land, I shall not pass over the Jordan: you shall pass, and possess the goodly land. 1 Samuel 14:43 And Saul said to Jonathan: Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said: I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod, which was in my hand, and behold I must die. I have. 2 Chronicles 16:14 And they buried him in his own sepulchre, which he had made for himself in the city of David: and they laid him on his bed full of spices and odoriferous ointments, which were made by the art of the perfumers, and they burnt them over him with very great pomp. Isaiah 22:16 What dost thou here, or as if thou wert somebody here? for thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, thou hast hewed out a monument carefully in a high place, a dwelling for thyself in a rock. Matthew 27:60 And laid it in his own new monument, which he had hewed out in a rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the monument and went his way. bury me. Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return. Job 30:23 I know that thou wilt deliver me to death, where a house is appointed for every one that liveth. Psalm 79:3 They have poured out their blood as water, round about Jerusalem and there was none to bury them. Ecclesiastes 6:3 If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, and attain to a great age, and his soul make no use of the goods of his substance, and he be without burial: of this man I pronounce, that the untimely born is better than he. Ecclesiastes 12:5,7 And they shall fear high things, and they shall be afraid in the way, the almond tree shall flourish, the locust shall be made fat, and the caper tree shall be destroyed: because man shall go into the house of his eternity, and the mourners shall go round about in the street. . . . let me go. Matthew 8:21,22 And another of his disciples said to him: Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. . . . Luke 9:59,60 But he said to another: Follow me. And he said: Lord, suffer me first to go and to bury my father. . . . Context Mourning and Burial for Jacob…4And the time of the mourning being expired, Joseph spoke to the family of Pharao: If I have found favour in your sight, speak in the ears of Pharao: 5For my father made me swear to him, saying: Behold I die; thou shalt bury me in my sepulchre which I have digged for myself in the land of Chanaan. So I will go up and bury my father, and return.6And Pharao said to him: Go up and bury thy father according as he made thee swear.… Cross References Matthew 27:60 And laid it in his own new monument, which he had hewed out in a rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the monument and went his way. Genesis 47:29 And when he saw that the day of his death drew nigh, he called his son Joseph, and said to him: If I have found favour in thy sight, put thy hand under my thigh; and thou shalt shew me this kindness and truth, not to bury me in Egypt. Genesis 47:30 But I will sleep with my fathers, and thou shalt take me away out of this land, and bury me in the burying place of my ancestors. And Joseph answered him: I will do what thou hast commanded. Genesis 50:4 And the time of the mourning being expired, Joseph spoke to the family of Pharao: If I have found favour in your sight, speak in the ears of Pharao: Genesis 50:6 And Pharao said to him: Go up and bury thy father according as he made thee swear. 2 Chronicles 16:14 And they buried him in his own sepulchre, which he had made for himself in the city of David: and they laid him on his bed full of spices and odoriferous ointments, which were made by the art of the perfumers, and they burnt them over him with very great pomp. Isaiah 22:16 What dost thou here, or as if thou wert somebody here? for thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, thou hast hewed out a monument carefully in a high place, a dwelling for thyself in a rock. Lexicon my fatherאָבִ֞י (’ā·ḇî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 1: Father made me swear an oath הִשְׁבִּיעַ֣נִי (hiš·bî·‘a·nî) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 7650: To seven oneself, swear when he said, לֵאמֹ֗ר (lê·mōr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say ‘I אָנֹכִי֮ (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 595: I am about to die. מֵת֒ (mêṯ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill You must bury me תִּקְבְּרֵ֑נִי (tiq·bə·rê·nî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 6912: To inter in the tomb בְּקִבְרִ֗י (bə·qiḇ·rî) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 6913: A grave, sepulcher that אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that I dug כָּרִ֤יתִי (kā·rî·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 3738: To dig, to plot, to bore, open for myself in the land בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land of Canaan.’ כְּנַ֔עַן (kə·na·‘an) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3667: Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan Now וְעַתָּ֗ה (wə·‘at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's Hebrew 6258: At this time let me go אֶֽעֱלֶה־ (’e·‘ĕ·leh-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively and bury וְאֶקְבְּרָ֥ה (wə·’eq·bə·rāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 6912: To inter my father, אָבִ֖י (’ā·ḇî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 1: Father and then return.” וְאָשֽׁוּבָה׃ (wə·’ā·šū·ḇāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again Additional Translations my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”My father made me swear, saying, See, I die: in my grave which I have dig for me in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray you, and bury my father, and I will come again. My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again. My father adjured me, saying, In the sepulchre which I dug for myself in the land of Chanaan, there thou shalt bury me; now then I will go up and bury my father, and return again. My father made me swear, saying, Behold, I die; in my grave which I have dug myself in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. And now, let me go up, I pray thee, that I may bury my father; and I will come again. My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again. My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again. 'My father made me swear, saying, "Behold, I am dying. Bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan." Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come again.'" My father caused me to swear, saying, Lo, I am dying; in my burying-place which I have prepared for myself in the land of Canaan, there dost thou bury me; and now, let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and return;' Jump to Previous Bury Canaan Die Digged Dug Dying Grave Hewed Please Swear TombJump to Next Bury Canaan Die Digged Dug Dying Grave Hewed Please Swear TombExternal Links Genesis 50:5 NIVGenesis 50:5 NLT Genesis 50:5 ESV Genesis 50:5 NASB Genesis 50:5 ASV Genesis 50:5 Bible Apps Genesis 50:5 Biblia Paralela Genesis 50:5 Chinese Bible Genesis 50:5 French Bible Genesis 50:5 German Bible Alphabetical: about am an and Behold bury Canaan die dug father for go grave I in land let made me My myself Now oath of please return' said saying shall swear the then there therefore to tomb up which will you OT Law: Genesis 50:5 My father made me swear saying Behold (Gen. Ge Gn) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |