³⁰ but when I rest with my fathers,^(A) carry me out of Egypt and bury me where they are buried.”^(B)

“I will do as you say,” he said.

The Death of Jacob

²⁹ Then he gave them these instructions:^(A) “I am about to be gathered to my people.^(B) Bury me with my fathers^(C) in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite,^{(D) 30} the cave in the field of Machpelah,^(E) near Mamre^(F) in Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field^(G) as a burial place^(H) from Ephron the Hittite. ³¹ There Abraham^(I) and his wife Sarah^(J) were buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah^(K) were buried, and there I buried Leah.^{(L) 32} The field and the cave in it were bought from the Hittites.^[a](M)”

⁹ His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him^(A) in the cave of Machpelah^(B) near Mamre,^(C) in the field of Ephron^(D) son of Zohar the Hittite,^(E)

¹⁹ Afterward Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah^(A) near Mamre (which is at Hebron^(B)) in the land of Canaan.^(C)

¹⁵ Then Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our ancestors died.^{(A) 16} Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a certain sum of money.^(B)

⁵ and I answered the king, “If it pleases the king and if your servant has found favor in his sight, let him send me to the city in Judah where my ancestors are buried so that I can rebuild it.”

³ but I said to the king, “May the king live forever!^(A) Why should my face not look sad when the city^(B) where my ancestors are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?^(C)”

²² You came back and ate bread and drank water in the place where he told you not to eat or drink. Therefore your body will not be buried in the tomb of your ancestors.’”

³⁷ Let your servant return, that I may die in my own town near the tomb of my father^(A) and mother. But here is your servant Kimham.^(B) Let him cross over with my lord the king. Do for him whatever you wish.”