Genesis 47:29-
31 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: ... And he said,
Swear unto me. And he sware unto him.
And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.
Genesis 49:29-
32 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be
gathered unto my people:
bury me with my fathers
in the cave that [
is] in the field of
Ephron the Hittite, ... The purchase of the field and of the cave that [
is] therein [
was] from the children of Heth.
Exodus 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother:
that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Acts 7:16 And
were carried over into Sychem, and laid in
the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of
Emmor [
the father] of Sychem.
Ephesians 6:1 Children,
obey your parents
in the Lord:
for this is right.
