Genesis 49:29

The Passion Translation

Afterward, Jacob sat on the side of his bed and instructed his sons with these words: “I am about to join my people in death. Bury me with my ancestors in the cave of the field of Ephron the Hittite—

Cross References

Genesis 15:15

You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace and live a full life.

Genesis 23:16

So Abraham agreed to the amount, weighed out the four hundred silver shekels according to the merchant’s standard of weight, and in the presence of the Hittites he gave the money to Ephron.

Genesis 23:17

So Ephron’s field of Machpelah, east of Mamre, along with the cave and all the trees within its borders, passed

Genesis 23:20

Both the field and the cave passed from the Hittites to Abraham’s possession to be his family burial ground.

Genesis 23:9

to sell me the cave he owns at Machpelah on the edge of his land. Let him sell it to me publicly and at the full price, so that I may own it for a burial site.”

Genesis 35:27

Jacob came home to his father Isaac in Mamre, near Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had lived as foreigners.

Genesis 35:29

He died an old man and had lived a full life when he joined his ancestors. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him there.

Genesis 47:30

but when I go to rest with my fathers, I want you to carry me out of Egypt and bury me where they are buried.

Genesis 49:28

All these men became the twelve tribes of Israel. These were prophetic words their father spoke to them when he blessed them, blessing each son with a parting word appropriate to him.

Genesis 49:33

When Jacob finished his final words of instruction to his sons, he lifted his feet onto the bed, breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.

Genesis 50:12

So Jacob’s sons did as they were instructed

Genesis 50:13

and carried his body to the land of Canaan. They buried him there in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, where Abraham had purchased a burial place from Ephron the Hittite.

Hebrews 12:23

And as members of the church of the Firstborn all our names have been legally registered as citizens of heaven! And we have come before God who judges all, and who lives among the spirits of the righteous who have been made perfect in his eyes!