²⁹ Now lettest thou thy servant depart, Lord, According to thy word, in peace;

¹⁵ But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

²⁶ And it had been revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

³⁷ Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; For there is a `happy' end to the man of peace.

¹ The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil `to come'.

² He entereth into peace; they rest in their beds, each one that walketh in his uprightness.

²³ But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:

¹³ And I heard the voice from heaven saying, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.

³⁰ And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive.