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29And 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.

Genesis 35:29

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 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 is here called Israel ( Gen. 35:21 , 22 ), and not often so afterwards: the Jews say, “The historian does him this honour here because he bore that affliction with such admirable patience and submis...

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