4 “I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”
Genesis 23:4
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Genesis 23:8–10
8 “If you are willing for me to bury my dead,” he said to them, “listen to me, and approach Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf 9 to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full pric…
Genesis 23:14–16
14 Ephron answered Abraham, 15 “Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.” 16 Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittit…
Genesis 50:4–6
4 When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that 5 my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land…
Book of Jubilees 36:1–3
1 And in the sixth year of this week [2162 A.M.] Isaac called his two sons Esau and Jacob, and they came to him, and he said unto them: 'My sons, I am going the way of my fathers, to the eternal house where my fathers are. (JUB) 2 Wherefore bury me near Abraham my fathe… (JUB)
Genesis 49:28–30
28 These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing. 29 Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the c…
Testament of Dan 2:23–25
23 Depart, therefore, from all unrighteousness, and cleave unto the righteousness of God, and your race will be saved for ever. (T12) 24 And bury me near my fathers. (T12) 25 And when he had said these things he kissed them, and fell asleep at a good old age. (T12)
Book of Jubilees 35:20–22
20 And she said unto him: 'I ask you that the day I die, thou wilt take me in and bury me near Sarah, thy father's mother, and that thou and Jacob will love each other and that neither will desire evil against the other, but mutual love only, and (so) ye will pr… (JUB)
Genesis 47:29–31
29 When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt, 30 but when I lie down with my father…
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