29Then he gave them these instructions: "I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite,


In Context

26 Your father's blessings are greater than the blessings of the ancient mountains, than the bounty of the age- old hills. Let all these rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince among his brothers.

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

28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them, giving each the blessing appropriate to him.

29 Then he gave them these instructions: "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 in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in Canaan, which Abraham bought as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite, along with the field.

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

Genesis 49:29 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

49:29And 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,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

49:29And he charged 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,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

49:29And he charged them, saying: I am now going to be gathered to my people : bury me with my fathers in the double cave, which is in the field of Ephron the Hethite,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

49:29And 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,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:29And 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,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

49:29And 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,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:29And he charged 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:29He 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,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

49:29And he commandeth them, and saith unto them, 'I am being gathered unto my people; bury me by my fathers, at the cave which is in the field of Ephron the Hittite;