Genesis 50:5
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.
Cross-references
Genesis 50:25 shows Joseph later making his own burial request, mirroring his father's earlier command to him.
Genesis 47:29-31 records the original oath where Jacob made Joseph swear to bury him in Canaan — here Joseph fulfills that promise.
Genesis 48:21 has Jacob promising Joseph that God will bring him back to the land — the same land where Joseph now requests to bury Jacob.
Genesis 49:29 records Jacob's charge to be buried with his fathers — the same command Joseph reports and fulfills in verse 5.
Genesis 49:30 is the exact burial site Jacob commanded — the cave of Machpelah — which Joseph now requests to fulfill.
Genesis 23:20 records the purchase of the cave of Machpelah, the very burial site Joseph requests to use here.
Genesis 46:4 promises Jacob will be brought back from Egypt; Joseph's request here fulfills that divine promise.
Genesis 47:30 records Jacob's own burial command; Joseph's request here carries out his father's instructions.
Psalm 79:3 depicts bodies left unburied — contrasting with Joseph's careful burial arrangements for Jacob.
Ecclesiastes 6:3 considers lack of burial a misfortune — highlighting the value of the proper burial Joseph ensures.