15 And he slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the double cave in the land of Canaan, near Abraham his father in the grave which he dug for himself in the double cave in the land of Hebron. (JUB) 16 And he gave all his books and the books of his fathers to Levi his son that he might preserve them and renew them for his children until this day. (JUB)
Book of Jubilees 45:15–16
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