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,
"As for you, you shall goto your fathersin peace;you will be buriedat a goodoldage.
Abrahamlistenedto Ephron;and Abrahamweighedout for Ephronthe silverwhichhe had namedin the hearingof the sonsof Heth,fourhundredshekelsof silver,commercialstandard.
So Ephron'sfield,whichwas in Machpelah,whichfacedMamre,the fieldand cavewhichwas in it, and allthe treeswhichwere in the field,that were within allthe confinesof its border,were deededover
So the fieldand the cavethat is in it, were deededoverto Abrahamfor a burialsiteby the sonsof Heth.
that he may giveme the caveof Machpelahwhichhe owns, whichis at the endof his field;for the fullpricelet him giveit to me in your presencefor a burialsite."
Jacobcameto his fatherIsaacat Mamreof Kiriath-arba(that is, Hebron),whereAbrahamand Isaachad sojourned.
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."
Alltheseare the twelvetribesof Israel,and thisis whattheir fathersaidto them when he blessedthem. He blessedthem, everyonewith the blessingappropriate to him.
When Jacobfinishedcharginghis sons,he drewhis feetinto the bedand breathedhis last,and was gatheredto his people.
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.
"Pleaselet your servantreturn,that I may diein my own citynearthe graveof my fatherand my mother.However, hereis your servantChimham,let him crossoverwith my lordthe king,and dofor him whatis goodin your sight."
to the general assemblyand churchof the firstbornwho are enrolledin heaven,and to God,the Judgeof all,and to the spiritsof [the] righteousmade perfect,
