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Isaacיִצְחָקbreathed his lastוַיִּגְוַעand diedוַיָּמָתand was gatheredוַיֵּאָסֶףto his people,אֶל עַמָּיוoldזָקֵןand fullוּשְׂבַעof days;יָמִיםand Esauעֵשָׂוand Jacob,וְיַעֲקֹבhis sons,בָּנָיוburiedוַיִּקְבְּרוּhim.אֹתוֹ
Genesis 35:29
Study it in the app“Isaac breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of days; and Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 35:29, word by word
- Isaacיִצְחָקyitschak
Isaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
Where else “yitschak” appears- breathed his lastיִּגְוַעyigva
breathe one's last
Breathe one's last, expire, die.
Where else “yigva” appears- and diedיָּמָתyamat
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamat” appears- and was gatheredיֵּאָסֶףyeasef
join ancestors
To die and be placed with one's own who have died before.
Where else “yeasef” appears- to his peopleעַמָּיamay
kin
Relatives: "gathered to his people" at death.
Where else “amay” appears- oldזָקֵןzaken
old
A person of many years.
Where else “zaken” appears- and fullשְׂבַעseva
satisfied, full
Satisfied, full, having enough; of an old man, full of days, with a complete life. Also of having too much of trouble.
Where else “seva” appears- of daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- and Esauעֵשָׂוesav
Esau
Esau, the elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob; also called Edom, father of the Edomites. The name also stands for his descendants.
Where else “esav” appears- and Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- his sonsבָּנָיbanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banay” appears- buriedיִּקְבְּרוּyikbru
bury
Bury.
Where else “yikbru” appears
The context
28Now the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.
29 · This verse (above)
To study Genesis 35 in a group
1. What it says
What did Elohim tell Jacob to do at Bethel, and what did his household leave behind (vv. 1-4)?
2. What it means
What does it show about Jacob that he asks his household to put away the foreign gods (vv. 2-3)?
3. How I live it
What gets in the way of your trust in Elohim, and could you leave it behind?