Genesis 49:29

New Century Version

Then Israel gave them a command and said, “I am about to die. Bury me with my ancestors in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

Cross References

Genesis 15:15

And you, Abram, will die in peace and will be buried at an old age.

Genesis 23:16

Abraham agreed and paid Ephron in front of the Hittite witnesses. He weighed out the full price, ten pounds of silver, and they counted the weight as the traders normally did.

Genesis 23:17

So Ephron’s field in Machpelah, east of Mamre, was sold. Abraham became the owner of the field, the cave in it, and all the trees that were in the field. The sale was made at the city gate, with the Hittites as witnesses.

Genesis 23:20

So Abraham bought the field and the cave in it from the Hittites to use as a burying place.

Genesis 23:9

Ask him to sell me the cave of Machpelah at the edge of his field. I will pay him the full price. You can be the witnesses that I am buying it as a burial place.”

Genesis 35:27

Jacob went to his father Isaac at Mamre near Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had lived.

Genesis 35:29

So Isaac breathed his last breath and died when he was very old, and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Genesis 47:30

When I die, carry me out of Egypt, and bury me where my ancestors are buried.” Joseph answered, “I will do as you say.”

Genesis 49:28

These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them. He gave each son the blessing that was right for him.

Genesis 49:33

After Jacob finished talking to his sons, he lay down. He put his feet back on the bed, took his last breath, and died.

Genesis 50:12

So Jacob’s sons did as their father commanded.

Genesis 50:13

They carried his body to the land of Canaan and buried it in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre. Abraham had bought this cave and field from Ephron the Hittite to use as a burial place.

2 Samuel 19:37

Then let me go back so I may die in my own city near the grave of my father and mother. But here is Kimham, your servant. Let him go with you, my master and king. Do with him whatever you want.”

Hebrews 12:23

You have come to the meeting of God’s firstborn children whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all people, and to the spirits of good people who have been made perfect.