His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah(A) near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.

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Jacob’s Burial Instructions

29 Then he commanded them: “I am about to be gathered to my people.(A) Bury me with my fathers(B) in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.(C) 30 The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.(D) 31 Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried there,(E) Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried there,(F) and I buried Leah there.(G) 32 The field and the cave in it were purchased from the Hittites.”

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13 They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased as a burial site from Ephron the Hittite.(A)

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