Genesis 49:33

When Jacob finished giving these instructions he pulled up his feet into the bed, breathed his last, and joined his forefathers in death.

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In The King James Version

And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.

In Context

32The field and the cave were bought from the Hittites.”

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Cross References

Genesis 25:8when he breathed his last and died at a good old age. He had lived a full life, and now he joined his forefathers in death.

Genesis 35:29when he breathed his last and died at an old age. He had lived a full life, and now he joined his forefathers in death. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Genesis 49:24But he held his bow steady, and his arms and hands moved quickly in the strength of the Mighty One of Jacob, who is called the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.

Joshua 24:27Joshua said to the people, “Look at this stone. It stands here as a witness against us for it has heard everything the Lord has told us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny what you have promised your God.”

2 Kings 13:20Elisha died and was buried. Raiders from the country of Moab used to invade Israel every spring.

Job 14:10But human beings die, their strength dwindles away; they perish, and where are they then?

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 →

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