Genesis 49:31

Translations

Modern

There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.

Traditional

There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.

Literal

There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.

Latin

Ibi sepelierunt eum, et Saram uxorem ejus: ibi sepultus est Isaac cum Rebecca conjuge sua: ibi et Lia condita jacet.

Original

Hebrew

English

There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.

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 Isaac Jacob Leah Rebekah Blessing Death Symbolic Numbers

Events

Death of Jacobc. 1689 BC

Related verses

Genesis 25:9
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.
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.
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.”
Genesis 23:3
Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,
Genesis 23:16–20
Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
Acts 7:16
Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.
Genesis 50:13
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.

People

Abraham: Patriarch, chosen by God to father His people Isaac: Son of Abraham; father of Jacob and Esau Leah: Wife of Jacob; mother of six sons and Dinah Rebekah: Wife of Isaac; mother of Jacob and Esau Sarah: Wife of Abraham; mother of Isaac

Glossary

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

Topics

Burial: Members of a Family Interred in the Same Cave: Burial Place Children: Male: Received the Blessing of Their Father Before his Death Death: Scenes of Death of Jacob Holy Land was the Burial Place of the Patriarchs Isaac: The Miraculous Son of Abraham: Death and Burial of Machpelah: The Burying Place of Sarah, Abraham, Isaac, Rebekah, Leah, and Jacob Patriarchal Government: Exercised in Blessing and Cursing Their Children Rebekah (Rebecca): Burial Place of

Genesis 49:31

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