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Genesis 49:29

in Genesis 49

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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

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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This verse in Genesis 49

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 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.

This site's exposition

I am about to be gathered to my people

on Genesis 49:29-30

The poetry stops and the last order Jacob gives is about a grave. He names the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite. Genesis 23 records that purchase in front of witnesses, and he asks to be buried with his fathers.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

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.
And he charged them, and said unto them,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

he charged them--The charge had already been given and solemnly undertaken (Ge 47:31). But in mentioning his wishes now and rehearsing all the circumstances connected with the purchase of Machpelah, he wished to declare, with his latest breath, before all his family, that he died in the same faith as Abraham.

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The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיְצַ֣וand he commanded

    vaytzavH6680 →494 times

  • אוֹתָ֗ם<obj.> them

    ʾotamH853 →10935 times

  • וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • אֲלֵהֶם֙to them

    ʾalehemH413 →5510 times

  • אֲנִי֙I

    ʾaniH589 →874 times

  • נֶאֱסָ֣ף[am] about to be gathered

    neesafH622 →200 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • עַמִּ֔יpeople my

    ʾamiH5971 →1873 times

  • קִבְר֥וּbury

    kivruH6912 →133 times

  • אֹתִ֖י<obj.> me

    ʾotiH853 →10935 times

  • אֶל־with

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • אֲבֹתָ֑יfathers my

    ʾavotaiH1 →1212 times

  • אֶל־into

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • הַ֨מְּעָרָ֔הthe cave

    hamearahH4631 →37 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • בִּשְׂדֵ֖ה[is] in [the] field of

    bisdehH7704 →334 times

  • עֶפְר֥וֹןEphron

    efronH6085 →14 times

  • הַֽחִתִּֽי׃the Hittite

    hachitiH2850 →48 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

10 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Genesis 47:30but 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.”6 worksGenesis 50:13They 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.6 worksGenesis 25:8And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.6 worksGenesis 49:33When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.6 worksGenesis 15:15You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.4 works2 Samuel 19:37Please 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.”3 works
The other 4 cross-references, with their words ▾
Romans 12:6–21We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;2 worksGenesis 35:29Then 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.2 worksNumbers 20:24“Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land that I have given the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.2 worksHebrews 12:23in 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,1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Genesis 15:15

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

    it 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…

    it 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.”

    it 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.

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

The Tower of Babel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1563. Public domain.
The Tower of Babel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1563. Public domain.
Genesis: the study guide →Read Genesis 49 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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