Genesis 49:33
So Jacob made an end of commanding his sons, and gathered up his feet into the couch,—and ceased to breathe and was gathered unto his people.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
32buying the field and the cave that is therein, from the sons of Heth.
Cross References
Genesis 25:8So Abraham breathed his last, and died in a fine old age, old and satisfied,—and was gathered unto his people,
Genesis 35:29And Isaac breathed his last, and died and was added unto his people, old, and satisfied with days,—and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.
Genesis 49:24But abideth, as an enduring one, his bow, And supple are the arms of his hands,—From the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, From thence, is the Shepherd the Stone of Israel:
Joshua 24:27And Joshua said unto all the people—Lo! this stone, shall serve against us as a witness, for, it, hath heard all the sayings of Yahweh, which he hath spoken with us,—so shall it serve against you as a witness, lest ye should act deceptively against your God.
2 Kings 13:20And Elisha died, and they buried him,—now, troops of Moabites, used to enter the land, at the coming in of the year;
Job 14:10Yet, man, dieth, and is prostrate, Yea the son of earth doth cease to breathe, 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 →