Though this required that Jacob’s body be carried quite a distance, Joseph and the other sons of Jacob “carried him into the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, the field that Abraham had purchased for the possession of a burial place from Ephron the Hittite in front of Mamre. ”
Kuigi seetõttu tuli Jaakobi surnukeha üsna kaugele kanda, Joosep ja teised Jaakobi pojad „viisid tema Kaananimaale ja matsid ta Makpela välja koopasse Mamre kohal, mille Aabraham ühes väljaga oli ostnud pärandhauaks hetiit Efronilt ”.