Genesis 47:29-31
47:29 The time
for Israel to die approached, so he called for his son Joseph and said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh
and show me kindness and faithfulness.
Do not bury me in Egypt,
47:30 but when I rest
with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place.” Joseph
said, “I will do as you say.”
47:31 Jacob said, “Swear to me that you will do so.” So Joseph gave him his word. Then Israel bowed down at the head of his bed.
Genesis 49:29-32
49:29 Then he instructed them, “I am about to go to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
49:30 It is the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought for a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite.
49:31 There they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah; there they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah; and there I buried Leah.
49:32 The field and the cave in it were acquired from the sons of Heth.”
Exodus 20:12
20:12 “Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving to you.
Acts 7:16
7:16 and their bones
were later moved to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a certain sum of money
from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
Ephesians 6:1
6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right.