Genesis 49:33

When Jacob finished these instructions to his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed, breathed his last, and went to his people.

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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 that is in it were purchased from the people of Heth.”

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Cross References

Genesis 25:8Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man with a full life, and he was gathered to his people.

Genesis 35:29Isaac breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his ancestors, an old man full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.

Genesis 49:24But his bow will remain steady, 1 and his hands will be skillful 1 because of the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, 1 because of the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel. 1

Joshua 24:27Joshua said to all the people, “Look, this stone will be a testimony against us. It has heard all the words Yahweh said to us. So it will be a witness against you, should you ever deny your God.”

2 Kings 13:20Then Elisha died, and they buried him. Now groups of Moabites invaded the land at the beginning of the year.

Job 14:10But man dies; he becomes weak; 1 indeed, man stops breathing, and then where is he? 1

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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