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When Jacobוַ יַעֲקֹבfinishedיְכַלcommandingלְצַוֺּתhis sons,אֶת בָּנָיוhe drewוַיֶּאֱסֹףhis feetרַגְלָיוintoאֶלthe bed,הַמִּטָּהbreathed his last,וַיִּגְוַעand was gatheredוַיֵּאָסֶףto his people.אֶל עַמָּיו
Genesis 49:33
Study it in the app“When Jacob finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet into the bed, breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 49:33, word by word
- When 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- finishedיְכַלyechal
finish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “yechal” appears- commandingצַוֺּתtsavot
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsavot” appears- his sonsבָּנָיbanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banay” appears- he drewיֶּאֱסֹףyeesof
withdraw
To withdraw what was there before, such as peace or joy.
Where else “yeesof” appears- his feetרַגְלָיraglay
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “raglay” appears- the bedמִּטָּהmita
bed
Bed; a couch.
Where else “mita” appears- breathed his lastיִּגְוַעyigva
breathe one's last
Breathe one's last, expire, die.
Where else “yigva” appears- to his peopleעַמָּיamay
kin
Relatives: "gathered to his people" at death.
Where else “amay” appears
The context
32The field and the cave that is in it were acquired from the sons of Heth.”
33 · This verse (above)
To study Genesis 49 in a group
1. What it says
What did Jacob say about Judah and Joseph in his blessings (vv. 8-12, 22-26)?
2. What it means
What does it show that Jacob gave each son a different blessing (v. 28)?
3. How I live it
How can you recognize what is distinct and unique in each person in your family?