Genesis 47:29-31
must die Gen 47:9, Gen 3:19, Gen 50:24; Deut 31:14; 2Sam 7:12, 2Sam 14:14; 1Kgs 2:1; Job 7:1; Job 14:14, Job 30:23; Ps 6:5, Ps 49:7, Ps 49:9, Ps 89:48; Heb 9:27 put Gen 24:2 deal kindly Gen 24:49 bury me not Gen 50:24-25; Acts 7:15-16; Heb 11:22 Gen 23:19, Gen 25:9, Gen 49:29-32, Gen 50:5-14, Gen 50:25; 2Sam 19:37; 1Kgs 13:22; Neh 2:3, Neh 2:5 Swear Gen 24:3 And Israel bowed As shachah, which primarily signifies to bow, denotes also to worship; and as mittah, a bed, pronounced matteh, is a staff; the LXX have taken the passage in the latter sense, and rendered it και προσεκυνησεν Ισραηλ επι το ακρον της ραβδου αυτου, "and Israel worshipped upon the top of his staff," which is literally copied by the apostle Paul, in his Epistle to the Hebrews. The present reading is, however, supported by the Masoretic pointing and the Targums; and is most probably correct, as it would appear that Jacob was confined to his bed. Gen 47:29, Gen 24:26, Gen 48:1-2; 1Kgs 1:47; Heb 11:21
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