Genesis 49:29 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 49:29

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.

BSB

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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,

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,

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Bury me with my fathers, etc. - From this it appears that the cave at Machpelah was a common burying-place for Hebrews of distinction; and indeed the first public burying-place mentioned in history. From Gen 49:31 we find that Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebekah, and Leah, had been already deposited there, and among them Jacob wished to have his bones laid; and he left his dying charge with his children to bury him in this place, and this they conscientiously performed. See Gen 50:13.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, It is good to represent death to ourselves under the most desirable images, that the terror of it may be taken off. Though it separates us from our children and our people in this world, it gathers us to our fathers and to our people in the other world.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְצַ֣ו	vay.Tzav	and he commanded	H6680 →
אוֹתָ֗ם	'o.Tam	<obj.> them	H853 →
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֲלֵהֶם֙	'a.le.Hem	to them	H413 →
אֲנִי֙	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
נֶאֱסָ֣ף	ne.'e.Saf	[am] about to be gathered	H622 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
עַמִּ֔י	'a.Mi	people my	H5971 →
קִבְר֥וּ	kiv.Ru	bury	H6912 →
אֹתִ֖י	'o.Ti	<obj.> me	H853 →
אֶל־	'el-	with	H413 →
אֲבֹתָ֑י	'a.vo.Tai	fathers my	H1 →
אֶל־	'el-	into	H413 →
הַ֨מְּעָרָ֔ה	ha.me.'a.Rah	the cave	H4631 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
בִּשְׂדֵ֖ה	bis.Deh	[is] in [the] field of	H7704 →
עֶפְר֥וֹן	ef.Ron	Ephron	H6085 →
הַֽחִתִּֽי׃	Ha.chi.Ti	the Hittite	H2850 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 15:15
You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
leads to
- Job 5:26
  You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
- Genesis 25:7–9
  Abraham lived a total of 175 years.
- 2 Chronicles 34:28
  ‘Now I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place…
- Numbers 27:13
  After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was;
- Daniel 12:13
  But as for you, go on your way until the end. You will rest, and will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days.”
Through
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…
leads to
- 1 Kings 2:7
  But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.
- Jeremiah 41:17
  And they went and stayed in Geruth Chimham, near Bethlehem, in order to proceed into Egypt
Through
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.”
leads to
- Genesis 49:29–32
  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.

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