Genesis 49:33 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 49:33

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He gathered up his feet into the bed - It is very probable that while delivering these prophetic blessings Jacob sat upon the side of his bed, leaning upon his staff; and having finished, he lifted up his feet into the bed, stretched himself upon it, and expired! And was gathered unto his people - The testimony that this place bears to the immortality of the soul, and to its existence separate from the body, should not be lightly regarded.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 783: “Sermons From Saintly Deathbeds No. 783” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1867)

JACOB did not yield up the ghost until he had delivered the last sentence of admonition and benediction to his 12 sons. He was immortal till his work was done. So long as God had another sentence to speak by him, death could not paralyze his tongue. Yet, after all, the strong man was bowed down, and he who had journeyed with unwearied foot full many a mile, was now obliged to gather up his feet into the bed to die.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְכַ֤ל	vay.Khal	and he finished	H3615 →
יַעֲקֹב֙	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →
לְצַוֹּ֣ת	le.tza.Vot	to command	H6680 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בָּנָ֔יו	ba.Nav	sons his	H1121 →
וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף	vai.ye.'e.Sof	and he gathered	H622 →
רַגְלָ֖יו	rag.Lav	feet his	H7272 →
אֶל־	'el-	into	H413 →
הַמִּטָּ֑ה	ha.mi.Tah	the bed	H4296 →
וַיִּגְוַ֖ע	vai.yig.Va'	and he expired	H1478 →
וַיֵּאָ֥סֶף	vai.ye.'A.sef	and he was gathered	H622 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
עַמָּֽיו׃	'a.Mav	peoples his	H5971 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 25:8
And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
leads to
- Genesis 15:15
  You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 35:28–29
  And Isaac lived 180 years.
- 1 Chronicles 29:28
  He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.
- Genesis 47:8–9
  “How many years have you lived?” Pharaoh asked.
Through
Genesis 15:5
And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
leads to
- Hebrews 11:12
  And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
- Romans 4:18
  Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”
- Deuteronomy 1:10
  The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.
- Exodus 32:13
  Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will…

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