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Genesis 47:29

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 Egypt,

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ASV

And the time drew near that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me: bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt;

KJV

And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:

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Original language & word study

27 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּקְרְב֣וּvai.yik.re.Vuand they drew nearH7126 →
יְמֵֽי־ye.mei-[the] days ofH3117 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֘לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
לָמוּת֒la.Mutto dieH4191 →
וַיִּקְרָ֣א׀vai.yik.Ra'and he summonedH7121 →
לִבְנ֣וֹliv.No<to> son hisH1121 →
לְיוֹסֵ֗ףle.yo.Sef<to> JosephH3130 →
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
לוֹ֙loto him
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
נָ֨אna'pleaseH4994 →
מָצָ֤אתִיma.Tza.tiI have foundH4672 →
חֵן֙chenfavorH2580 →
בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָbe.'ei.Nei.khain view yourH5869 →
שִֽׂים־sim-putH7760 →
נָ֥אna'pleaseH4994 →
יָדְךָ֖ya.de.Khahand yourH3027 →
תַּ֣חַתTa.chatunderH8478 →
יְרֵכִ֑יye.re.Khithigh myH3409 →
וְעָשִׂ֤יתָve.'a.Si.taand you will doH6213 →
עִמָּדִי֙'i.ma.Diwith meH5978 →
חֶ֣סֶדChe.sedloyaltyH2617 →
וֶאֱמֶ֔תve.'e.Metand faithfulnessH571 →
אַל־'al-may notH408 →
נָ֥אna'pleaseH4994 →
תִקְבְּרֵ֖נִיtik.be.Re.niyou bury meH6912 →
בְּמִצְרָֽיִם׃be.mitz.Ra.yimin EgyptH4714 →

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1 Samuel 26:10David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.Genesis 24:49Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so that I may go elsewhere.”Deuteronomy 31:14Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the time of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, so that I may commission him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tent of Meeting.Genesis 24:2So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,1 Kings 2:1As the time drew near for David to die, he charged his son Solomon,Acts 7:15–16So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.Genesis 50:24–25Then 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 27:2“Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.Ecclesiastes 3:2a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,Job 14:14When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.Psalms 89:48What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? SelahJob 30:23Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.Psalms 49:7No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.2 Samuel 7:12And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.Genesis 3:19By 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.”Hebrews 11:22By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.Genesis 47:9“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”Job 7:1“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?

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