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Genesis 49:29

Ephron
Death and loss

27 Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”

28 These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.

Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

30 The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.

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

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BSB
Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
KJV
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,
WEB
He instructed them, and said to them, “I am to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
ASV
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,
DARBY
And he charged them, and said to them, I am gathered to my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
BLB
And he commanded them and he said to them, “I am being gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that [is] in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
ÅB
Og han befalte dem og sa til dem: Jeg samles nå til mitt folk; begrav meg hos mine fedre i hulen på hetitten Efrons mark,
OTB
Så ga han dem beskjed og sa: «Jeg er i ferd med å bli samlet til mitt folk. Begrav meg med mine fedre i hulen på marken til hetitten Efron,
B1930
Og han bød dem og sa til dem: Jeg samles nu til mitt folk; begrav mig hos mine fedre i hulen på hetitten Efrons mark,

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  • 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.”

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  • 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.

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  • Genesis 15:15

    You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.

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  • Genesis 25:8–17

    And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.

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  • 2 Samuel 19:37

    Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the tomb of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight.”

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  • 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.

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  • Romans 12:6–21

    We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;

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  • Hebrews 12:23

    in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

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