Genesis 49:33
"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
Gill's Exposition
And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons,.... Had given all the proper directions and instructions concerning his interment in the land of Canaan: he gathered up his feet into the bed; on which he sat while he blessed his sons, and
gave orders to them about his burial; but now he gathered up his feet into the bed, laid himself along, and composed himself in a proper posture to die. What authority the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem on Gen 49:21 had for saying this bed was a bed of gold, I know not: and he yielded up the ghost; he expired, he died an easy death, without any pain or sickness: which Ben Melech says this phrase is expressive of. He died in the year of his age one hundred and forty seven, and not one hundred and forty four, as a Jewish chronologer (t) wrongly puts it, and in the year of the world 2315, and before Christ 1689, according to Bishop Usher (u): and was gathered unto his people: See Gill on Gen 49:29 . (t) Ganz. Tzemach David, par. 1. fol. 6. 2. (u) Annales Vet. Test. A. M. 2315. Next: Genesis Chapter 50 Sacred Texts | Bible « Previous: John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible: Genesis: Gene... Index Next: John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible: Genesis: Gene... »