And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”
Genesis 49:33 - English Standard Version 2016 When Jacob finished commanding his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed and breathed his last and was gathered to his people. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When Jacob had finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed and breathed his last and was gathered to his [departed] people. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible After he finished giving orders to his sons, he put his feet up on the bed, took his last breath, and joined his people. |
And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”
(These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.)
Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
And Isaac breathed his last, and he died and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in days to come.
Then he commanded them and said to them, “I am to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
Then Joseph fell on his father’s face and wept over him and kissed him.
Now when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash king of Israel went down to him and wept before him, crying, “My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”
So Elisha died, and they buried him. Now bands of Moabites used to invade the land in the spring of the year.
But a man dies and is laid low; man breathes his last, and where is he?
For I know that you will bring me to death and to the house appointed for all living.
You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, like a sheaf gathered up in its season.
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
“Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word;
By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave directions concerning his bones.
and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,