Genesis 49:29

New American Bible - revised edition

Then he gave them this charge: “Since I am about to be gathered to my people, bury me with my ancestors in the cave that lies in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

Cross References

Genesis 15:15

You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace; you will be buried at a ripe old age.

Genesis 23:16

Abraham accepted Ephron’s terms; he weighed out to him the silver that Ephron had stipulated in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver at the current market value.

Genesis 23:17

Thus Ephron’s field in Machpelah, facing Mamre, together with its cave and all the trees anywhere within its limits, was conveyed

Genesis 23:20

Thus the field with its cave was transferred from the Hittites to Abraham as a burial place.

Genesis 23:9

so that he will sell me the cave of Machpelah that he owns; it is at the edge of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence at its full price for a burial place.”

Genesis 35:27

Jacob went home to his father Isaac at Mamre, in Kiriath-arba (now Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had resided.

Genesis 35:29

then he breathed his last. He died as an old man and was gathered to his people. After a full life, his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Genesis 47:30

When I lie down with my ancestors, take me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place.” “I will do as you say,” he replied.

Genesis 49:28

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said about them, as he blessed them. To each he gave a suitable blessing.

Genesis 49:33

When Jacob had finished giving these instructions to his sons, he drew his feet into the bed, breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.

Genesis 50:12

Thus Jacob’s sons did for him as he had instructed them.

Genesis 50:13

They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah, facing on Mamre, the field that Abraham had bought for a burial ground from Ephron the Hittite.

2 Samuel 19:37

In escorting the king across the Jordan, your servant is doing little enough! Why should the king give me this reward?

Hebrews 12:23

and the assembly of the firstborn enrolled in heaven, and God the judge of all, and the spirits of the just made perfect,