Genesis 47:30

But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
lie	וְשָֽׁכַבְתִּי֙ ve.sha.khav.Ti	H7901	to lie down (for rest · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 1st person common singular
fathers	אֲבֹתַ֔י 'a.vo.Tai	H1	father · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix
carry	וּנְשָׂאתַ֙נִי֙ u.ne.sa.Ta.ni	H5375	to lift · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
Egypt	מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם mi.mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	Mitsrajim · preposition + proper noun, a place name
bury	וּקְבַרְתַּ֖נִי u.ke.var.Ta.ni	H6912	to inter · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
buryingplace	בִּקְבֻרָתָ֑ם bik.vu.ra.Tam	H6900	sepulture · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
said	וַיֹּאמַ֕ר vai.yo.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
do	אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֥ה 'e.'e.Seh	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
said	כִדְבָרֶֽךָ khid.va.Re.kha	H1697	a word · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

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 Eph…
Genesis 23:19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 25:9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mam…
Genesis 50:5-14 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 ther…
Genesis 50:25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
2 Samuel 19:37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. Bu…
1 Kings 13:22 But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water;…
Nehemiah 2:3 And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 47:27–end

Observe, 1. The comfort Jacob lived in (Gen 47:27, Gen 47:28); while the Egyptians were impoverished in their own land, Jacob was replenished in a strange land. He lived seventeen years after he came into Egypt, far beyond his own expectation. Seventeen years he had nourished Joseph (for so old he was when he was sold from him, Gen 37:2), and now, by way of requital, seventeen years Joseph nourished him. Observe how kindly Providence ordered Jacob's affairs, that when he was old, and least able to bear care or fatigue, he had least occasion for it, being well provided for by his son without his own forecast. Thus God considers the frame of his people. 2. The care Jacob died in. At last the t…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 47:29

the time drew nigh that Israel must die--One only of his dying arrangements is recorded; but that one reveals his whole character. It was the disposal of his remains, which were to be carried to Canaan, not from a mere romantic attachment to his native soil, nor, like his modern descendants, from a superstitious feeling for the soil of the Holy Land, but from faith in the promises. His address to Joseph--"if now I have found grace in thy sight," that is, as the vizier of Egypt--his exacting a solemn oath that his wishes would be fulfilled and the peculiar form of that oath, all pointed significantly to the promise and showed the intensity of his desire to enjoy its blessings (compare Num 10:…

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Adam Clarke on Genesis 47:30

I will lie with my fathers - As God had promised the land of Canaan to Abraham and his posterity, Jacob considered it as a consecrated place, under the particular superintendence and blessing of God: and as Sarah, Abraham, and Isaac were interred near to Hebron, he in all probability wished to lie, not only in the same place, but in the same grave; and it is not likely that he would have been solicitous about this, had he not considered that promised land as being a type of the rest that remains for the people of God, and a pledge of the inheritance among the saints in light.

Dictionary and topics

Joseph — Remover or increaser. (1.) The elder of the two sons of Jacob by Rachel (Gen. 30:23, 24), who, on the occasion of his birth, said, “God hath taken away [Heb. ‘asaph] my reproach.” “The Lord shall add…
Burial · .Family — .Family
Children, Good · Obey parents — Obey parents
Oath · Requires Joseph to swear that he would bury him with his forefathers — Requires Joseph to swear that he would bury him with his forefathers

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Genesis 47:30

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 47:27–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 47:29

Adam Clarke on Genesis 47:30

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 47:30

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 47:27–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 47:29

Adam Clarke on Genesis 47:30

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Genesis 47:30

John Calvin on Genesis 47:30

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 47:28–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 47:29-31

Rashi on Genesis 47:30