Genesis 49:29 meaning and explanation
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.
Genesis 49:29, Berean Standard Bible
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Jacob, nearing death in Egypt, gives his sons a final instruction. The phrase gathered to my people is a Hebrew way of speaking of death and joining one's ancestors, and here it is paired with a concrete request: bury him in the cave of Machpelah, the family tomb Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite.
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