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Thereשָׁמָּהthey buriedקָבְרוּAbrahamאֶת אַבְרָהָםand Sarahוְאֵת שָׂרָהhis wife;אִשְׁתּוֹthereשָׁמָּהthey buriedקָבְרוּIsaacאֶת יִצְחָקand Rebekahוְאֵת רִבְקָהhis wife;אִשְׁתּוֹand thereוְשָׁמָּהI buriedקָבַרְתִּיLeah.אֶת לֵאָה
Genesis 49:31
Study it in the app“There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 49:31, word by word
- they buriedקָבְרוּkavru
bury
Bury.
Where else “kavru” appears- Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham
Abraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appears- and Sarahשָׂרָהsara
Sarah
Sarah, the name God gave to Sarai, wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. It means "princess".
Where else “sara” appears- his wifeאִשְׁתּisht
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appears- Isaacיִצְחָקyitschak
Isaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
Where else “yitschak” appears- and Rebekahרִבְקָהrivka
Rebekah
Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel, wife of Isaac; mother of Esau and Jacob.
Where else “rivka” appears- Leahלֵאָהlea
Leah
Leah, elder daughter of Laban and Jacob's first wife; mother of six of his sons and of Dinah.
Where else “lea” appears
The context
30in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is facing Mamre, in the land of Canaan, the field that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite as a possession for a burial place.
31 · This verse (above)
32The field and the cave that is in it were acquired from the sons of Heth.”
To study Genesis 49 in a group
1. What it says
What did Jacob say about Judah and Joseph in his blessings (vv. 8-12, 22-26)?
2. What it means
What does it show that Jacob gave each son a different blessing (v. 28)?
3. How I live it
How can you recognize what is distinct and unique in each person in your family?