Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And he charged them, and said unto them, "I shall be put unto my people: see that ye bury me with my fathers, in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

New American Standard Bible

Then he charged them and said to them, “I am about to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

King James Version

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,

Holman Bible

Then he commanded 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.

International Standard Version

In his last words, Jacob issued this set of instructions to them all: "I'm about to join our ancestors. Bury me alongside my ancestors in the cave in the field that used to belong to Ephron the Hittite.

A Conservative Version

And he ordered 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,

American Standard Version

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,

Amplified

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,

Bible in Basic English

And he gave orders to them, saying, Put me to rest with my people and with my fathers, in the hollow of the rock in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

Darby Translation

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,

Julia Smith Translation

And he will command them, and will say to them, I am added to my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave which is in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

King James 2000

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,

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then he instructed them and said to them, "I am [about to be] gathered to my people. Bury me among my ancestors in the cave that [is] in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

Modern King James verseion

And 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,

NET Bible

Then he instructed them, "I am about to go to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

New Heart English Bible

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,

The Emphasized Bible

Then commanded he them and said unto them - I, am about to be gathered unto my people, Bury me among my fathers, - within the cave, that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite:

Webster

And 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.

World English Bible

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,

Youngs Literal Translation

And 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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And he charged
צוה 
Tsavah 
Usage: 494

them, and said

Usage: 0

unto them, I am to be gathered
אסף 
'acaph 
Usage: 199

עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

קבר 
Qabar 
Usage: 133

me with my fathers
H1
אב 
'ab 
Usage: 1214

in the cave
מערה 
M@`arah 
Usage: 39

that is in the field
שׂדי שׂדה 
Sadeh 
Usage: 333

of Ephron
עפרון 
`Ephrown 
Usage: 14

References

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Context Readings

Jacob's Burial Instructions

28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is that which their father spake unto them when he blessed them, every man with a several blessing. 29 And he charged them, and said unto them, "I shall be put unto my people: see that ye bury me with my fathers, in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, 30 in the double cave that is in the field before Mamre in the land of Canaan. Which field Abraham bought of Ephron the Hittite for a possession to bury in.



Cross References

Genesis 47:30

but let me lie by my fathers, and carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burial." And he answered, "I will do as thou hast said."

Genesis 50:13

And his sons carried him into the land of Canaan and buried him in the double cave which Abraham had bought with the field to be a place to bury in, of Ephron the Hittite before Mamre.

Genesis 15:15

Nevertheless, thou shalt go unto thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried when thou art of a good age:

Genesis 25:8-17

and then fell sick and died, in a lusty age - when he had lived enough - and was put unto his people.

Genesis 35:29

and then fell he sick and died, and was put unto his people being old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

2 Samuel 19:37

But let thy servant turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, by the grave of my father and mother. But lo here is thy servant Chimham: let him go with my lord the king, and do to him, what shall please thee."

Romans 12:6-21

Seeing that we have divers gifts according to the grace that is given unto us: if any man have the gift of prophecy, let him have it that it be agreeing unto the faith;

Hebrews 12:23

and unto the congregation of the first born sons, which are written in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of just and perfect men:

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