Genesis 49:29
Then Jacob said to his sons, “I will soon die. Bury my body where some of my ancestors are buried, in the cave that is in the field that was bought from Ephron, who belonged to the Heth people-group.
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Genesis 15:15But as for you, you will die [EUP] peacefully when you are very old.
Genesis 23:20So the field and the cave in it were officially sold to Abraham by the descendants of Heth, to be used as a burial ground.
Genesis 25:9His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried his body in the cave at Machpelah area, near Mamre, in the field that Abraham had previously bought from Ephron, one of the descendants of Heth.
Genesis 35:29He was very old when he died, joining his ancestors who had died previously. His sons Esau and Jacob buried his body.
Genesis 50:12Then Jacob’s sons did for him what their father had commanded.
2 Samuel 19:37Then please allow me to return to my home, because that is where I want to die, near my parents’ grave. But here is my son Chimham. Your Majesty, allow him to go with you and serve you, and do for him whatever seems good to you!”
Matthew Henry on Genesis 49:29-33
Death of Jacob. ( b. c. 1689.) 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… Read the whole commentary →