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29 And he charged them, and said to them, “I am ready to be gathered to 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 (besides Mamre, in the land of Canaan) which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a burial possession.

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 the cave that is therein, were bought from the children of Heth.”

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The Death of Jacob

29 Then he gave them these instructions:(A) “I am about to be gathered to my people.(B) Bury me with my fathers(C) in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite,(D) 30 the cave in the field of Machpelah,(E) near Mamre(F) in Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field(G) as a burial place(H) from Ephron the Hittite. 31 There Abraham(I) and his wife Sarah(J) were buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah(K) were buried, and there I buried Leah.(L) 32 The field and the cave in it were bought from the Hittites.[a](M)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:32 Or the descendants of Heth