Genesis 47:29-30
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29 When [a](A)the time for Israel to die drew near, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “Please, if I have found favor in your sight, (B)place your hand under my thigh now and (C)deal with me in kindness and [b]faithfulness: please do not bury me in Egypt, 30 but when I (D)[c]lie down with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt and bury me in (E)their burial place.” And he said, “I will do as you have said.”
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- Genesis 47:29 Lit the days of Israel
- Genesis 47:29 Lit truth
- Genesis 47:30 I.e., die
Genesis 47:29-30
New International Version
29 When the time drew near for Israel(A) to die,(B) he called for his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes,(C) put your hand under my thigh(D) and promise that you will show me kindness(E) and faithfulness.(F) Do not bury me in Egypt, 30 but when I rest with my fathers,(G) carry me out of Egypt and bury me where they are buried.”(H)
“I will do as you say,” he said.
Exodus 13:19
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19 And Moses took (A)the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the sons of Israel solemnly swear, saying, “God will certainly [a]take care of you, and you shall carry my bones from here with you.”
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- Exodus 13:19 Lit visit
Exodus 13:19
New International Version
19 Moses took the bones of Joseph(A) with him because Joseph had made the Israelites swear an oath. He had said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up with you from this place.”[a](B)
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- Exodus 13:19 See Gen. 50:25.
Joshua 24:32
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32 Now (A)they buried the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up from Egypt, at Shechem, in the plot of land (B)which Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred [a]pieces of money; and they became the inheritance of Joseph’s sons.
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- Joshua 24:32 Heb qesitah
Joshua 24:32
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32 And Joseph’s bones,(A) which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt,(B) were buried at Shechem in the tract of land(C) that Jacob bought for a hundred pieces of silver[a] from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. This became the inheritance of Joseph’s descendants.
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- Joshua 24:32 Hebrew hundred kesitahs; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.
Hebrews 11:22
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22 By faith (A)Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the exodus of the sons of Israel, and gave orders concerning his bones.
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Hebrews 11:22
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22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones.(A)
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