When Jacob finished commanding his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed and breathed his last and was gathered to his people.
Then he commanded them and said to them, “I am to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave directions concerning his bones.
These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return. But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.
And Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, he and our fathers,
“Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word;
The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from calamity; he enters into peace; they rest in their beds who walk in their uprightness.
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
For I know that you will bring me to death and to the house appointed for all living.
But a man dies and is laid low; man breathes his last, and where is he?
You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, like a sheaf gathered up in its season.
And Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words of the Lord that he spoke to us. Therefore it shall be a witness against you, lest you deal falsely with your God.” So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance. After these things Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being 110 years old.
yet his bow remained unmoved; his arms were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (from there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel), by the God of your father who will help you, by the Almighty who will bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that crouches beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb. The blessings of your father are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents, up to the bounties of the everlasting hills. May they be on the head of Joseph, and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.
Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in days to come.
And Isaac breathed his last, and he died and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
(These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.)
And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”
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