KJV King James Version
And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that [is] in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
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Genesis 49:29
And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that [is] in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
WEB World English Bible
He instructed them, and said to them, “I am to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
ASV American Standard Version
And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he commandeth them, and saith unto them, ‘I am being gathered unto my people; bury me by my fathers, at the cave which is in the field of Ephron the Hittite;
Surrounding context — Genesis 49
26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
27 Benjamin shall ravin [as] a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
28 All these [are] the twelve tribes of Israel: and this [is it] that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that [is] in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
30 In the cave that [is] in the field of Machpelah, which [is] before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that [is] therein [was] from the children of Heth.
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וַיְצַ֣וH6680 · tsa.vahto commandאוֹתָ֗םH853 · et[Obj.]וַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֲלֵהֶם֙H413 · elto(wards)אֲנִי֙H589 · a.niIנֶאֱסָ֣ףH622 · a.saphto gatherאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)עַמִּ֔יH5971 · ampeopleקִבְר֥וּH6912 · qa.varto buryאֹתִ֖יH853 · et[Obj.]אֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אֲבֹתָ֑יH1 · avfatherאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַ֨מְּעָרָ֔הH4631 · me.a.rahcaveאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichבִּשְׂדֵ֖הH7704 · sa.daySirionעֶפְר֥וֹןH6085 · eph.ronEphronהַֽחִתִּֽי׃H2850 · chit.tiHittite
Cross-references
Genesis 50:13For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.Genesis 47:30But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.Genesis 15:15And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.2 Samuel 19:37Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, [and be buried] by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.Genesis 25:8-17Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full [of years]; and was gathered to his people.Genesis 35:29And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, [being] old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.Romans 12:6-21Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, [let us prophesy] according to the proportion of faith;Hebrews 12:23To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
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