Genesis 49:29
Then commanded he them and said unto them—I, am about to be gathered unto my people, Bury me among my fathers,—within the cave, that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite:
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Genesis 15:15But, thou, shalt go in unto thy fathers in peace, thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Genesis 23:20So was confirmed the field with the cave which was therein to Abraham, for a possession of a buryingplace,—from the sons of Heth.
Genesis 25:9And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him, in the cave of Machpelah,—in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, which is over against Mamre;
Genesis 35:29And Isaac breathed his last, and died and was added unto his people, old, and satisfied with days,—and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.
Genesis 50:12And his sons did for him thus as he had commanded them;
2 Samuel 19:37Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, by the grave of my father, and my mother. But here is thy servant Chimham—let him pass over with my lord the king, and do unto him that which may be good in thine eyes.
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 →