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Genesis 49:29

King James Version (KJV)

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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,

Genesis 49:29 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Genesis 49:29

Theological / Devotional

Gathered unto my people. See on ch. 15:15.

Bury me. Joseph had already promised his father, under oath, to fulfill this desire. Jacob mentions it once more, in the presence of all his sons, as an invitation to them to participate in the rite of burial.

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