Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—L

Lie with One's Fathers

(To). To be buried in one's native place. “Reposer avec ses péres.”

“I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt.” - Genesis xlvii. 30

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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