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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.”

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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21 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אָבִ֞י'a.Vifather myH1 →
הִשְׁבִּיעַ֣נִיhish.bi.'A.nihe made swear an oath meH7650 →
לֵאמֹ֗רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
הִנֵּ֣הhi.Nehhere!H2009 →
אָנֹכִי֮'a.no.KhiIH595 →
מֵת֒met[am] about to dieH4191 →
בְּקִבְרִ֗יbe.kiv.Riin grave myH6913 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
כָּרִ֤יתִיka.Ri.tiI dugH3738 →
לִי֙lifor myself
בְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzin [the] land ofH776 →
כְּנַ֔עַןke.Na.'anCanaanH3667 →
שָׁ֖מָּהSha.mahthere <towards>H8033 →
תִּקְבְּרֵ֑נִיtik.be.Re.niyou will bury meH6912 →
וְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.Tahand thereforeH6258 →
אֶֽעֱלֶה־'e.'e.leh-let me go upH5927 →
נָּ֛אna'pleaseH4994 →
וְאֶקְבְּרָ֥הve.'ek.be.Rahso I may buryH6912 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אָבִ֖י'a.Vifather myH1 →
וְאָשֽׁוּבָה׃ve.'a.Shu.vahand I will returnH7725 →

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2 Chronicles 16:14And 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 22:16What 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 27:60and 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.Genesis 47:29–31When 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,Genesis 46:4I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”Genesis 50:25And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”Genesis 48:21Then 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.Psalms 79:3They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.Job 30:23Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.Ecclesiastes 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.Genesis 50:24Then 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 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.”Ecclesiastes 6:3A 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 than he.Matthew 8:21–22Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”Genesis 49:29–30Then 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.1 Samuel 14:43“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?”Ecclesiastes 12:5when 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.Luke 9:59–60Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

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