 | New Church gen. confer - 1877 - 624 pages
...; xlviii. 2, " Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed" (lecto) ; xlix. 33, " When Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed" (lecto). Between the last two of these passages occurs Jacob's blessing on Joseph : " They shall be... | |
 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 718 pages
...purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth. 33 And when Jacob had made an end of" commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. CHAP. L. AND Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept... | |
 | William Paley - Sermons, English - 1815 - 552 pages
...significations of gratitude or affection, justly deserving of commendation and esteem. " And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him,... | |
 | Samuel Clapham - 1815 - 704 pages
...leave of his children, a son and daughter, and expired without a groan or a sigh. " And " when Jacob had made an end of commanding his '* sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yield" ed up the ghost." The above is an Extract from a very interesting Life prefixed to Mr. Jones's... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 852 pages
...flood Kept in my foul, and would not let it forth To find the empty, vaft, and wand'ring air. Shot. -He gathered up his feet into the bed, And yielded up the ghoft. Gen. 8. To refign ; to give up ; fttwimes with a particle at up or over. — He not •.Mug over to old... | |
 | 1817 - 1076 pages
...purchase of the field and oŁthe cave that it therein was from the children ofHeth. 33 And when Jacob e guard "left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen. 13 1[ And pthe 'pillars ghost, and 'was gathered unto his people. ' '"• "**• CHAP. L. 1 The mourning for Jacob. 4 Joseph... | |
 | English literature - 1817 - 554 pages
...to which, Sir R. very appositely quotes the passage, Gen. xxix. 33. " And when Jacob had made an eud of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost." This seems to imply a peaceful departure ; and, may, it Is likely, be so taken, generally.... | |
 | William Cowherd - 1818 - 728 pages
...another feast. Bib. Research, vol. ii. p. 203. JACOB'S DEATH: 639. [Gen. xlix. 33.] And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered to his people. Thus Indians die almost without any pain, in the manner of consumptive... | |
 | Ann Taylor - Child rearing - 1818 - 194 pages
...learn to glorify your Father which is in heaven." CHAP. XI. THE DEATH OF PARENTS. " And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. GENESIS, xlix. 33. " And Joseph fell upon his Father's face,... | |
 | William Paley - Sermons, English - 1818 - 556 pages
...affection, justly deserving of commendation and esteem. " And when Jacob had made an end of commanding liis sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed,, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him,... | |
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And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. 
