Israel, spoke to his son's before he died concerning his burial place. He did not want to be buried in Egypt, but requested to be buried in the promised land with his fathers.
Gen 49:29 Then Israel gave them a command. He said, "When I die, I want to be with my people. I want to be buried with my ancestors in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
Gen 49:30 That cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre in the land of Canaan. Abraham bought that field from Ephron so that he could have a burying place.
Gen 49:31 Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried in that cave. Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried in that cave. I buried my wife Leah in that cave.
Gen 49:32 That cave is in the field that was bought from the Hittites."
Abraham, Isaac and Israel were promised an eternal inheritance from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates river. The only land that Abraham had acquired of the promised land was a burial cave that he bought from Ephron the Hittite. I was wondering if there were any other dealings with the Hittites? Remember Uriah the Hittite? He was the husband of Bathsheba. David had lusted after her and she had become pregnant by David. He summoned Uriah home from battle to lay with his wife, but he was more honorable, giving his allegiance to his duty as a soldier. David had him placed on the front lines and there he was killed. When David died, Solomon a son of David and Bathsheba was on the throne of a still united Israel, with his mother Bathsheba beside him. This is how a Hittite became in the lineage of the Lord Jesus Christ, the anointed son of the family of David. Jesus from Mary and who was the only begotten son of God. All of the bloodline of Adam had sinned. Jesus had no sin, having the pure blood from his Father, Almighty God.
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