THE LAST WORDS OF JACOB AND JOSEPH A RHETORICO-STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF GENESIS 49:29-33 AND 50:24-26 Nicholas P. Lunn. TYNDALE BULLETIN 59.2 (2008)
A 29a Then he instructed [ וַיצְַו ] them: ‘I am about to be gathered to my people [נאֱֶסָף אֶל־עַמִּי].
B 29b Bury me with my fathers in the cave [הַמְּעָרָה] in the field [בִּשְׂדֵה] of Ephron the Hittite [הַחִתִּי ], the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in Canaan, which Abraham bought [קָנהָ ] as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite, along with the field.
C 31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife,
there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife,
and there I buried Leah.
B’ 32 The field [הַשָּׂדֶה] and the cave [הַמְּעָרָה] in it were a purchase [מִקְנהֶ ] from the Hittites [בְּניֵ־חֵת]
A’ 33 When Jacob had finished instructing [ לְצַוֹתּ ] his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed, breathed his last and was gathered to his people [וַיאֵָּסֶף אֶל־עַמָּי].