28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them [a]when he blessed them. He blessed them, every one [b]with the blessing appropriate to him.

Jacob Dies

29 Then he commanded them and said to them, “I am about to be (A)gathered to my people; (B)bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in (C)the field of Ephron the Hittite, 30 in the (D)cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is opposite Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field from Ephron the Hittite as a [c]burial site.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:28 Lit and
  2. Genesis 49:28 Lit according to his blessing
  3. Genesis 49:30 Lit possession of a burial place

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