Genesis 50:5 “my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You…”

Genesis 50:5

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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

‘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.’”

American Standard Version

Geneva Bible 1599

My father made me sweare, saying, Loe, I die, bury me in my graue, which I haue made me in the land of Canaan: now therefore let me go, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I wil come againe.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

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;'

Bible in Basic English

My father made me take an oath, saying, When I am dead, put me to rest in the place I have made ready for myself in the land of Canaan. So now let me go and put my father in his last resting-place, and I will come back again.

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Cross references

“made me”

Genesis 47:29–31

Genesis 47:29–31 · BSB

When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in E…

“Lo, I die”

Genesis 50:24 Genesis 48:21 Deuteronomy 4:22 1 Samuel 14:43 Genesis 49:29 Genesis 49:30

Genesis 50:24 · BSB

Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Genesis 48:21 · BSB

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

Deuteronomy 4:22 · BSB

For I will not be crossing the Jordan, because I must die in this land. But you shall cross over and take possession of that good land.

1 Samuel 14:43 · BSB

“Tell me what you have done,” Saul commanded him. So Jonathan told him, “I only tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. And now I must die?”

Genesis 49:29 · BSB

Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

Genesis 49:30 · BSB

The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.

“I have”

2 Chronicles 16:14 Isaiah 22:16 Matthew 27:60

2 Chronicles 16:14 · BSB

And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.

Isaiah 22:16 · BSB

What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?

Matthew 27:60 · BSB

and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.

“bury me”

Genesis 3:19 Job 30:23 Psalm 79:3 Ecclesiastes 6:3 Ecclesiastes 12:5 Ecclesiastes 12:7

Genesis 3:19 · BSB

By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

Job 30:23 · BSB

Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.

Psalm 79:3 · BSB

They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.

Ecclesiastes 6:3 · BSB

A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off…

Ecclesiastes 12:5 · BSB

when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels— for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.

Ecclesiastes 12:7 · BSB

before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

“let me go”

Matthew 8:21 Matthew 8:22 Luke 9:59 Luke 9:60

Matthew 8:21 · BSB

Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

Matthew 8:22 · BSB

But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

Luke 9:59 · BSB

Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

Luke 9:60 · BSB

But Jesus told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You, however, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that

6Pharaoh replied, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”

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