Genesis 49:29

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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,

Literal

And he commanded them and he said to them, “I am being gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

Latin

Et præcepit eis, dicens: Ego congregor ad populum meum: sepelite me cum patribus meis in spelunca duplici quæ est in agro Ephron Hethæi,

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Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

Genesis 49:29–33

Bury me with my fathers: This grave in the land of Canaan represented hope for the future (compare 47:29–30). Others buried at the cave of Machpelah near Hebron were:

Sarah (23:19),
Abraham (25:7–9),
Isaac (35:27–29),
Rebekah, and
Leah.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Jacob Blessing Death Symbolic Numbers

Events

Death of Jacobc. 1689 BC

Related verses

Genesis 47:30
…but when I lie down with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me with them.” Joseph answered, “I will do as you have requested.”
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They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
Genesis 15:15
You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
Genesis 25:8–17
And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
2 Samuel 19:37
Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the tomb of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight.”
Romans 12:6–21
We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;
Genesis 35:29
Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
Hebrews 12:23
…in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

People

Ephron: A Hittite who sold a burial site to Abraham Heth: Son of Canaan and ancestor of the Hittites

Glossary

Book of Exodus Burial, Burial Customs Genesis, Book of Hebron (Place) Hittites Jacob Patriarchs, Period of the Sheol Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs

Topics

Burial: Burying Places: Family Burial: Directions Given About, Before Death by Jacob Burial: The Jews Anxious to be Interred in Their Family Places of Cave: Burial Place Children: Male: Received the Blessing of Their Father Before his Death Death: Scenes of Death of Jacob Ephron: Son of Zohar, the Hittite: Sells to Abraham the Field Containing the Cave Machpelah Holy Land was the Burial Place of the Patriarchs Jacob: Charges his Sons to Bury Him in the Field of Machpelah Patriarchal Government: Exercised in Blessing and Cursing Their Children

Genesis 49:29

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