| 29. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Genesis 49:29:1 ⧉וַיְצַ֣וvaitsavand he commanded Genesis 49:29:2 ⧉אוֹתָ֗םotamthem Genesis 49:29:3 ⧉וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvaiyomerand he said Genesis 49:29:4 ⧉אֲלֵהֶם֙alehemto them Genesis 49:29:5 ⧉אֲנִי֙aniI Genesis 49:29:6 ⧉נֶאֱסָ֣ףneesafam being gathered Genesis 49:29:7 ⧉אֶל־עַמִּ֔יelammito my people Genesis 49:29:8 ⧉קִבְר֥וּkivrubury Genesis 49:29:9 ⧉אֹתִ֖יotime Genesis 49:29:10 ⧉אֶל־אֲבֹתָ֑יelavotaito my fathers Genesis 49:29:11 ⧉אֶל־הַ֨מְּעָרָ֔הelhammearato the cave Genesis 49:29:12 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֥רasherwhich Genesis 49:29:13 ⧉בִּשְׂדֵ֖הbisdein the field of Genesis 49:29:14 ⧉עֶפְר֥וֹןefronEphron Genesis 49:29:15 ⧉הֽ͏ַחִתִּֽי׃hakhittithe Hittite |
| 29. Formal Translation Then he instructed them and said, “I am about to be gathered to my people; inter me with my fathers in the cave that lies in the field of Ephron the Hittite.” |
| 29. Dynamic Translation Then he issued his final directive: “I am about to be gathered to my people; bury me with my ancestors in the cave located in the field of Ephron the Hittite.” |