Then Abraham left his dead wife and went to talk to the Hittite people. He said,
Genesis 49:31 - Easy To Read Version Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried in that cave. Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried in that cave. I buried my wife Leah in that cave. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife, there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah. American Standard Version (1901) There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah— Common English Bible That is where Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, and where Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and where I buried Leah. Catholic Public Domain Version There they buried him, with his wife Sarah." And there Isaac was buried with his wife Rebekah. There also Leah lies preserved. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version There they buried him, and Sara his wife. There was Isaac buried with Rebecca his wife. There also Lia doth lie buried. |
Then Abraham left his dead wife and went to talk to the Hittite people. He said,
This is the same cave that Abraham bought from the Hittite people. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah. This cave is in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar. It was east of Mamre.
Laban had two daughters. The older was Leah and the younger was Rachel.
Then Isaac became weak and died. Isaac had lived a long and full life. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him in the same place as his father.
Bury me in the place where my ancestors [253] are buried. Carry me out of Egypt and bury me in our family grave.”
They carried his body to Canaan and buried it in the cave at Machpelah. This was the cave near Mamre in the field that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite. Abraham bought that cave to use as a burial place.
Later their bodies were moved to Shechem. They were put in a grave there. (It was the same grave that Abraham had bought in Shechem from the sons of Hamor. He paid them with silver.)