Genèse 49:33

33 Et quand Jacob eut achevé de donner ses ordres à ses fils, il retira ses pieds dans le lit, et expira, et fut recueilli vers ses peuples.

Genèse 49:33 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 49:33

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 ( Genesis 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 ^F20 wrongly puts it, and in the year of the world 2315, and before Christ 1689, according to Bishop Usher ^F21: and was gathered unto his people: (See Gill on Genesis 49:29).

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Ganz. Tzemach David, par. 1. fol. 6. 2.
F21 Annales Vet. Test. A. M. 2315.

Genèse 49:33 In-Context

31 C'est là qu'on a enterré Abraham et Sara, sa femme; c'est là qu'on a enterré Isaac et Rébecca, sa femme; et c'est là que j'ai enterré Léa.

32 L'acquisition du champ et de la caverne qui y est, a été faite des enfants de Heth.

33 Et quand Jacob eut achevé de donner ses ordres à ses fils, il retira ses pieds dans le lit, et expira, et fut recueilli vers ses peuples.