Genesis 49:31

Plain English Version

And Abraham buried his wife Sarah there. Some time later, Abraham died, and they buried him in that same place. Later on, they buried my father Isaac there, and his wife Rebekah. And I buried my wife Leah there too.

Cross References

Genesis 23:3

After that, Abraham got up and left the place where Sarah’s body was, and he went to the town gate to talk to the people that owned that country. They were from the Heth tribe.

Genesis 25:9

Then Abraham’s 2 oldest sons, Isaac and Ishmael, they took Abraham’s body to the cave at the place called Makpelah, to the east of the place called Mamreh. You see, a long time before that, Abraham bought that cave and the land around it from a man called Efron. Efron’s father was called Zohar, and they were from the Heth tribe. And Abraham put his wife Sarah’s body in that cave. So after Abraham died, Isaac and Ishmael put his body in that cave, next to Sarah’s body.

Genesis 35:29

Isaac had a good long life, and then he breathed for the last time, and he died. Then his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Genesis 47:30

You have to take my body out of Egypt country, and go back to Canaan country, and bury me in the same grave as my father and grand-father.” And Joseph said, “I will do those things that you said.”

Genesis 49:32

That land and that cave, they used to belong to the Heth people, but now that place belongs to our family.”

Acts 7:16

Later, their grand-kids took their bodies back to the place called Shekem, and they buried them in a cave. A long time before that, Jacob’s grand-father Abraham bought that cave from Hamor’s family. He paid the full price for that cave.”