Genesis 50:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 50:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 50:5 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "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 th..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 50:5 — KJV
“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 therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.”
— Genesis 50:5 (KJV)
Genesis 50:5 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 50:5
“They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 50:5: land, canaan, now
“Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods. accept: Heb. smell abiding: Heb. cleaving”
Shares key themes with Genesis 50:5: saying, now, therefore
“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. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 50:5: father, die, grave
“And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:”
Shares key themes with Genesis 50:5: made, swear, saying
“He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me: face: Heb. eye”
Shares key themes with Genesis 50:5: saying, land, therefore
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