²⁹ The time drew near that Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please don't bury me in Egypt,

¹⁴ Yahweh said to Moses, Behold, your days approach that you must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may give him a charge. Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.

⁴⁹ Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. If not, tell me. That I may turn to the right hand, or to the left."

² Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, "Please put your hand under my thigh.

¹ Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,

²⁴ Joseph said to his brothers, "I am dying, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."

²⁵ Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here."

²² By faith, Joseph, when his end was near, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel; and gave instructions concerning his bones.

²⁷ Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,

¹⁵ Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, himself and our fathers,

¹⁶ and they were brought back to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor of Shechem.

⁴⁸ What man is he who shall live and not see death, Who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

⁹ That he should live on forever, That he should not see corruption.

⁷ None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give God a ransom for him.

⁵ For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?

²³ For I know that you will bring me to death, To the house appointed for all living.

¹⁴ If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Until my release should come.

¹ "Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand?

¹⁴ For we must needs die, and are as water split on the ground, which can't be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be an outcast from him.

¹² When your days are fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who shall proceed out of your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

⁹ Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage."

¹⁹ By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."