Genesis 49:29-33

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].

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