Genesis 50:12 Cross References - LEB

¹² Thus his sons did to him just as he had instructed them.

²⁹ When _⌊the time of Israel's death drew near_⌋,* he called to his son, to Joseph. And he said to him, "If I have found favor in your eyes, please put your hand under my thigh, that you might vow to deal kindly* and faithfully with me. Please do not bury me in Egypt, ³⁰ but let me lie with my ancestors.* Carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial site." And he said, "I will do according to your word." ³¹ Then he said, "Swear to me." And he swore to him. Then Israel bowed himself on the head of the bed.

²⁹ Then he instructed them and said to them, "I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me among my ancestors* in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, ³⁰ in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah that is before* Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site. ³¹ There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife. And there I buried Leah— ³² the purchase of the field and the cave which was in it from the Hittites."

¹² "Honor your father and your mother, so that your days can be long on the land that Yahweh your God is giving you.

¹⁶ And they were brought back to Shechem and buried in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

¹ Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.