The Meaning of Genesis 49:29 Explained

Genesis 49:29

KJV: 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,

YLT: And he commandeth them, and saith unto them, 'I am being gathered unto my people; bury me by my fathers, at the cave which is in the field of Ephron the Hittite;

Darby: And he charged them, and said to them, I am gathered to my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

ASV: 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,

Discover Genesis 49:29

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Genesis 49:29?

MEANING: What does Genesis 49:29 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Genesis 49:29 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Genesis 49:29?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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, 

What does Genesis 49:29 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Joseph received permission from Pharaoh to bury Jacob in Canaan as he had requested. He then assured his brothers of his favor in spite of how they had treated him and testified that God would fulfill His promises.
Jacob again expressed his faith in God"s promises that Canaan would be the Israelites" homeland by requesting burial in the Cave of Machpelah near Hebron (cf. Genesis 47:29-31; Genesis 48:21-22).
"This scene concludes Jacob"s finest hour. On his deathbed-a scene extending from Genesis 47:28 to Genesis 49:32 -Jacob has assumed total and dynamic leadership of the family. Even Joseph bows down to him." [1]
Jacob died peacefully and was "gathered to his people" (i.e, reunited with his ancestors, implying life after death, in the place of departed spirits; cf. Genesis 25:8). Jacob was147 when he died ( Genesis 47:28). Joseph evidently had Jacob"s body preserved as a mummy ( Genesis 50:2). [2]
Jacob"s elaborate funeral was probably due both to the high regard in which the Egyptians held him as Joseph"s father and to the Egyptians" love of showy funeral ceremonies ( Genesis 49:7-10). [3] It is the grandest state funeral recorded in the Bible, appropriate since Jacob"s story spans more than half of Genesis. The Egyptians mourned for Jacob just two days less than they normally mourned the death of a Pharaoh. [4]
"This grand funeral procession and this exaltation of Jacob as a king by the Egyptians foreshadows Israel"s exodus from the world and gives a foretaste of the time when the nations hail a son of Jacob as King." [5]
The record of Jacob"s burial in the land is important to the purposes of Genesis. God had promised the land to Abraham and had given the patriarchs small portions of it. The faith of these men that God would fulfill His promises and do for their descendants all that He had promised is obvious in their view of Canaan as their homeland. They counted on the future faithfulness of God who had proved Himself faithful to them personally during their lifetimes.

Context Summary

Genesis 49:28-33 - Jacob's Last Directions And Death
Jacob gave a final charge as to his burial in Machpelah-that his dust at least should be there to welcome his children and children's children, when they came thither in due course, as God had promised. Then the weary pilgrim gathered up those tired feet, which had paced out their last mile, into the bed, and gave up his spirit to God. When we are told that he was gathered to his people it must mean more than that his dust mingled with their dust in the place of burial. There are great gatherings of loving friends awaiting us on the other side. See Hebrews 11:40. At the ladder-scene in Bethel, God had told him that He would not leave him till He had done what He promised, and surely not one good thing had failed. Life may be hard and sad, but God will end it rightly. Be of good cheer and trust! [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 49

1  Jacob calls his sons to bless them
3  Their blessing in particular
29  He charges them about his burial
33  He dies

What do the individual words in Genesis 49:29 mean?

And 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
וַיְצַ֣ו אוֹתָ֗ם וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ אֲנִי֙ נֶאֱסָ֣ף אֶל־ עַמִּ֔י קִבְר֥וּ אֹתִ֖י אֶל־ אֲבֹתָ֑י אֶל־ הַ֨מְּעָרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּשְׂדֵ֖ה עֶפְר֥וֹן הַֽחִתִּֽי

וַיְצַ֣ו  And  he  charged 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: צָוָה  
Sense: to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר  and  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אֲלֵהֶם֙  to  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
נֶאֱסָ֣ף  am  to  be  gathered 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: אָסַף 
Sense: to gather, receive, remove, gather in.
עַמִּ֔י  my  people 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
קִבְר֥וּ  bury 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: קָבַר  
Sense: to bury.
אֹתִ֖י  me 
Parse: Direct object marker, first person common singular
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
אֲבֹתָ֑י  my  fathers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
הַ֨מְּעָרָ֔ה  the  cave 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מְעָרָה  
Sense: cave, den, hole.
אֲשֶׁ֥ר  that  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
בִּשְׂדֵ֖ה  in  the  field 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שָׂדֶה 
Sense: field, land.
עֶפְר֥וֹן  of  Ephron 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֶפְרֹון 
Sense: a Hittite, son of Zohar and the one from whom Abraham bought the field and cave of Machpelah.
הַֽחִתִּֽי  the  Hittite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חִתִּי  
Sense: the nation descended from Heth, the 2nd son of Canaan; once inhabitants of central Anatolia (modern Turkey), later in north Lebanon.

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Similar Scriptures for Genesis 49:29

Genesis 50:13 [5]
Genesis 47:30 [5]
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Genesis 35:29 [2]
Romans 12:6-21 [2]
2 Samuel 19:37 [2]
Genesis 25:8-17 [2]
Hebrews 12:23 [2]