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Genesis 35:29

Genesis 35:29
And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 35:1-29

- The Death of Isaac 8. דברה deborâh, Deborah, “bee.” בּכוּת אלּון 'alôn-bākût, Allon-bakuth, “oak of weeping.” 16. כברה kı̂brâh, “length stretch.” A certain but unknown distance, a stadium or…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Isaac gave up the ghost - and was gathered unto his people - See Clarke on Gen 25:8 (note).

Esau and Jacob buried him - See Gen 25:9. Esau, as we have seen Genesis 33, was thoroughly reconciled to his…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 35:21-29

Here is, 1. Jacob's removal, Gen 35:21. He also, as his fathers, sojourned in the land of promise as in a strange country, and was not long in a place. Immediately after the story of Rachel's death he…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

gave up the ghost, &c. Cf. the same phrase in Gen 25:8; Gen 49:33.

Esau and Jacob According to P, Esau and Jacob meet at the burial of Isaac, just as Ishmael and Isaac met to bury Abraham, Gen 25:9.