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Genesis 47:29

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must die: Genesis 47:9, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 50:24; Deuteronomy 31:14; 2 Samuel 7:12, 2 Samuel 14:14; 1 Kings 2:1; Job 7:1; Job 14:14, Job 30:23; Psalms 6:5, Psalms 49:7, Psalms 49:9, Psalms 89:48; Hebrews 9:27

put: Genesis 24:2

deal kindly: Genesis 24:49

bury me not: Genesis 50:24-25; Acts 7:15-16; Hebrews 11:22

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