"As for you, you shall goto your fathersin peace;you will be buriedat a goodoldage.
Afterthis,AbrahamburiedSarahhis wifein the caveof the fieldat MachpelahfacingMamre(that is, Hebron)in the landof Canaan.
"I am a strangerand a sojourneramongyou; giveme a burialsiteamongyou that I may burymy deadout of my sight."
Isaacbreathedhis lastand diedand was gatheredto his people,an oldmanof ripeage;and his sonsEsauand Jacobburiedhim.
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."
Then he chargedthem and saidto them, "I am about to be gatheredto my people;buryme with my fathersin the cavethat is in the fieldof Ephronthe Hittite,
"Therethey buriedAbrahamand his wifeSarah,therethey buriedIsaacand his wifeRebekah,and thereI buriedLeah--
for his sonscarriedhim to the landof Canaanand buriedhim in the caveof the fieldof MachpelahbeforeMamre,whichAbrahamhad boughtalong with the fieldfor a burialsitefrom Ephronthe Hittite.
Now when Davidreachedoldage,he madehis sonSolomonkingoverIsrael.
Then he diedin a ripeoldage,fullof days,richesand honor;and his sonSolomonreignedin his place.
"Behold,I will gatheryou to your fathersand you shall be gatheredto your gravein peace,so your eyeswill not seeallthe evilwhichI will bringon thisplaceand on its inhabitants."'"And they broughtbackwordto the king.
"Behindhim he makes a waketo shine;One would thinkthe deepto be gray-haired.
And Jobdied,an oldmanand fullof days.
"You will cometo the gravein fullvigor,Like the stackingof grainin its season.
Markthe blamelessman,and beholdthe upright;For the manof peacewill have a posterity.
He shall goto the generationof his fathers;They will neverseethe light.
then the dustwill returnto the earthas it was, and the spiritwill returnto Godwhogaveit.
Ifa manfathersa hundred[children] and livesmanyyears,however manythey be, but his soulis not satisfiedwith goodthingsand he does not evenhavea [proper] burial,[then] I say,"Betterthe miscarriagethanhe,
"But as for you, go[your way] to the end;then you will enterinto restand rise[again] for your allottedportionat the endof the age."
"Aaronwill be gatheredto his people;for he shall not enterthe landwhichI have givento the sonsof Israel,becauseyou rebelledagainstMy commandat the watersof Meribah.
"When you have seenit, you toowill be gatheredto your people,as Aaronyour brotherwas;
I AMTHE GODOF ABRAHAM,AND THE GODOF ISAAC,AND THE GODOF JACOB?He is not the Godof the deadbut of the living."
"For David,after he had servedthe purposeof Godin his owngeneration,fell asleep,and was laidamonghis fathersand underwentdecay;
The LORDsaidto Moses,"Behold,you are about to liedownwith your fathers;and thispeoplewill ariseand playthe harlotwith the strangegodsof the land,into the midstof whichthey are going,and will forsakeMe and breakMy covenantwhichI have madewith them.
Allthat generationalsowere gatheredto their fathers;and there aroseanothergenerationafterthem whodid not knowthe LORD,noryetthe workwhichHe had donefor Israel.
