Genesis 3:19
3:19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat food
until you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”
Genesis 25:9-10
25:9 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah
near Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar, the Hethite.
25:10 This was the field Abraham had purchased from the sons of Heth.
There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.
Genesis 35:27-29
35:27 So Jacob came back to his father Isaac in Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
35:28 Isaac lived to be 180 years old.
35:29 Then Isaac breathed his last and joined his ancestors. He died an old man who had lived a full life. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
Genesis 47:30
47:30 but when I rest
with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place.” Joseph
said, “I will do as you say.”
Genesis 49:29-32
49:29 Then he instructed them, “I am about to go to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
49:30 It is the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought for a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite.
49:31 There they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah; there they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah; and there I buried Leah.
49:32 The field and the cave in it were acquired from the sons of Heth.”
Genesis 50:13
50:13 His sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, near Mamre. This is the field Abraham purchased as a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite.
Genesis 50:25
50:25 Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath. He said, “God will surely come to you. Then you must carry my bones up from this place.”
Job 30:23
30:23 I know that you are bringing me to death,
to the meeting place for all the living.
Ecclesiastes 6:3
6:3 Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years –
even if he lives a long, long time, but cannot enjoy his prosperity –
even if he were to live forever –
I would say, “A stillborn child is better off than he is!”
Ecclesiastes 12:5
12:5 and they are afraid of heights and the dangers in the street;
the almond blossoms grow white,
and the grasshopper drags itself along,
and the caper berry shrivels up –
because man goes to his eternal home,
and the mourners go about in the streets –
Ecclesiastes 12:7
12:7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was,
and the life’s breath returns to God who gave it.