Genesis 49:29

29 Then he charged them and said to them, "I am about to be 1gathered to my people; 2bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in 3the field of Ephron the Hittite,

Genesis 49:29 In-Context

27 "Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; In the morning he devours the prey, And in the evening he divides the spoil."
28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He blessed them, every one with the blessing appropriate to him.
29 Then he charged them and said to them, "I am about 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, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a burial site.
31 "There they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah, there they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah, and there I buried Leah -

Cross References 3

  • 1. Genesis 25:8
  • 2. Genesis 47:30
  • 3. Genesis 23:16-20; Genesis 50:13
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