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Genesis 49:29

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Then he commanded them, ‘I am about to be gathered to my people.  Bury me with my ancestors  in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hethite.

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They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased as burial property from Ephron the Hethite.


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.’


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


to the assembly of the firstborn whose names have been written  in heaven, to a Judge, who is God of all, to the spirits of righteous people made perfect,


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.’


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.


Abraham agreed with Ephron, and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver that he had agreed to in the hearing of the Hethites: four hundred standard shekels  of silver.


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


These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this is what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.


When Jacob had finished giving charges to his sons, he drew his feet into the bed, took his last breath, and was gathered to his people.


to give me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him give it to me in your presence, for the full price, as burial property.’


The field with its cave passed from the Hethites to Abraham  as burial property.


Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre  in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron  ), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.


So Jacob’s sons did for him what he had commanded them.





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