"[From there] they were removedto Shechemand laidin the tombwhichAbrahamhad purchasedfor a sumof moneyfrom the sonsof Hamorin Shechem.
Abrahamlistenedto Ephron;and Abrahamweighedout for Ephronthe silverwhichhe had namedin the hearingof the sonsof Heth,fourhundredshekelsof silver,commercialstandard.
"I am a strangerand a sojourneramongyou; giveme a burialsiteamongyou that I may burymy deadout of my sight."
So Racheldiedand was buriedon the wayto Ephrath(that is, Bethlehem).
but when I liedownwith my fathers,you shall carryme out of Egyptand buryme in their burialplace."And he said,"I will doas you have said."
Thushis sonsdidfor him as he had chargedthem;
for his sonscarriedhim to the landof Canaanand buriedhim in the caveof the fieldof MachpelahbeforeMamre,whichAbrahamhad boughtalong with the fieldfor a burialsitefrom Ephronthe Hittite.
Mosestookthe bonesof Josephwith him, for he had made the sonsof Israelsolemnlyswear,saying,"Godwill surelytakecareof you, and you shall carrymy bonesfrom herewith you."
Now they buriedthe bonesof Joseph,whichthe sonsof Israelbroughtup from Egypt,at Shechem,in the pieceof groundwhichJacobhad boughtfrom the sonsof Hamorthe fatherof Shechemfor one hundredpiecesof money;and they becamethe inheritanceof Joseph'ssons.
