Genesis 49:33
Verse 33 of 33. The 49th of 50 chapters in Genesis, in The Law.
29And 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,
30In 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 possession of a buryingplace.
31There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
32The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.
33And 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.
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Genesis 49:33 in the World English Bible
When Jacob finished charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, breathed his last breath, and was gathered to his people.Read Genesis 49:33 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Genesis 49:33
The death of Jacob, v. 33. When he had finished both his blessing and his charge (both which are included in the commanding of his sons), and so had finished his testimony, he addressed himself to his dying work. 1. He put himself into a posture for dying; having before seated himself upon the bed-side, to bless his sons (the spirit of prophecy bringing fresh oil to his expiring lamp, Dan. x. 19), when that work was done, he gathered…
Read Matthew Henry on Genesis 49:28–33: Death of Jacob. (b. c. 1689.)
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