Genesis 49:33
And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit, and was gathered to his people.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
32the field and the cave that is in it, which was purchased from the sons of Heth.
Cross References
Genesis 25:8And Abraham gave up the spirit, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full [of years], and was gathered to his people.
Genesis 35:29And Isaac gave up the spirit, and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. And Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.
Genesis 49:24but his bow abode in strength. And the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (From there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
Joshua 24:27And Joshua said to all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words of LORD which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest ye deny your God.
2 Kings 13:20And Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
Job 14:10But man dies, and is laid low. Yea, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
Matthew Henry on Genesis 49:29-33
Death of Jacob. ( b. c. 1689.) 28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them. 29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, 30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a… Read the whole commentary →