And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Yoav and his men went all night, and they came to Hevron at break of day.
And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.
And the time drew nigh that Yisrael must die: and he called his son Yosef, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: