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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,
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A Burial of Faith
Commentators explain that Jacob's command to be buried in Canaan was not superstition, but a profound act of faith. By having his body interred in the land God had promised, he was posthumously staking a claim to it. This served as a powerful, tangible symbol for his sons, encouraging them to hold fast to God's covenant and aspire to the future inheritance.
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Genesis
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18th Century
Presbyterian
מכרה mekêrāh — “weapon;” related: כיר kārar or כרה kārāh dig. “Device, design?” related: …
19th Century
Baptist
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his bless…
16th Century
Protestant
And he charged them. We have seen before that Jacob especially commanded his son Joseph to take care that his body should be buried in the…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he charged them, and said to them The same charge he had given to Joseph he here renews, and lays it upon his so…
Jacob blessed everyone according to the blessings God intended to bestow upon them in later times. He spoke about his burial place, from a principl…
