Genesis 49:33

Translations

Modern

When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And Jacob finished commanding his sons, and he gathered his feet into the bed and he expired, and he was gathered to his people.

Latin

Finitisque mandatis quibus filios instruebat, collegit pedes suos super lectulum, et obiit: appositusque est ad populum suum.

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Hebrew

English

When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.

Notes

Genesis 49:33

Jacob died at the age of 147 (47:28), bringing his life of struggle and sorrow to an end. Jacob had always had a strong desire for God's blessing. He had a deep devotion and consistently relied on God no matter what happened.

In the end, he died with genuine faith. He learned where true blessings come from. Through his faith, he would be able to pass these blessings on to his sons (Hebrews 11:21).

Genesis 49:29–33

Bury me with my fathers: This grave in the land of Canaan represented hope for the future (compare 47:29–30). Others buried at the cave of Machpelah near Hebron were:

Sarah (23:19),
Abraham (25:7–9),
Isaac (35:27–29),
Rebekah, and
Leah.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Jacob Blessing Death Symbolic Numbers

Events

Lifetime of Jacobc. 1836 BC

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Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
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Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:
Job 30:23
Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
Hebrews 11:22
By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.
Hebrews 12:23
…in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
Genesis 49:24–26
Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
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You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
…before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Luke 2:29
“Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace.

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Book of Exodus Furniture Genesis, Book of Jacob Patriarchs, Period of the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs

Topics

Children: Male: Received the Blessing of Their Father Before his Death Death: Miscellaneous Subjects: Being Gathered to Our People Death: Scenes of Death of Jacob Egypt: Israel in Jacob's Death and Burial Jacob: Death of Natural Death is Described as Gathering to Our People Patriarchal Government: Exercised in Blessing and Cursing Their Children The Death of Saints: Jacob

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