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Genesis 47:30

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

When I rest with my ancestors, carry me away from Egypt and bury me in their burial place.’ Joseph answered, ‘I will do what you have asked.’

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His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah  near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hethite.


After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.


and answered the king, ‘If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favour with you, send me to Judah and to the city where my ancestors are buried,  , so that I may rebuild it.’


and replied to the king, ‘May the king live for ever! Why should I  not be sad when the city where my ancestors are buried lies in ruins and its gates have been destroyed by fire? ’


but you went back and ate food and drank water in the place that he said to you, ‘Do not eat food and do not drink water’   – your corpse will never reach the grave of your ancestors.” ’


Please let your servant return so that I may die in my own city near the tomb of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham;  let him cross over with my lord the king. Do for him what seems good to you.’


So Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath: ‘When God comes to your aid, you are to carry my bones up from here.’


But you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.


So Ephron’s field  at Machpelah near Mamre #– #the field with its cave and all the trees anywhere within the boundaries of the field #– #became


This was the field that Abraham bought from the Hethites.  Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.


He took his last breath and died, and was gathered to his people,  old and full of days. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.


The Lord said to Moses, ‘You are about to rest with your ancestors,  and these people will soon prostitute themselves with the foreign gods  of the land they are entering. They will abandon me  and break the covenant  I have made with them.


Afterwards, they carried Asahel to his father’s tomb in Bethlehem and buried him. Then Joab and his men marched all night and reached Hebron at dawn.





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