...know not the day of my death, Ge. xxvii. 1, 2. And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost. Ge. xlix. 33. Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season....

...is therein was from the children of Heth. 33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, ieared God. that he 'made them houses. 22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son th CHAPTER L. Here II, t. The ere i«, I. Th« preparation for Jacob'i funeral, », I— в. I!. The fanera]...

...that is therein, was from the children of Heth. 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.' We can scarcely fail of noticing the particularity of this request, and of observing, at the same time,...

...that which •hall befall you in the last days. And when Jacob hod made an end of commanding his sons, son : and he said, Behold the fire and the wood : but where is the Lamb — UENESIS xlu. 1. 33. IT is the wise ordinance of nature, that men should wish and endeavour to live...

...is therein, was from the children of Heth. 33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his eons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and 'was gathered unto his people. o Judi. a). 81, Si Kick. SJ«, Z>.— r Numb. JB. at. KMter8.ll. Euk. 39. 10. Zccli. H. 1,T— •...

...vicissitude, called his sons around his dying couch, and when he had made an end of commanding them, " gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people." Such was the death of Moses, who, being forewarned by God of his approaching dissolution, and calling...

...nineteenth century, like a Jacob in the bosom of his Joseph and family. After blessing his children, " he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people." " My dear Matthews, — My beloved father ' fell asleep in Jesus ' yesterday. He was weak for a few...

...was from the children of Heth. And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he (fathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.'* So strong were the feelings of Joseph on this point, that " he took an oath," we read, "of the children...

...XIII. JACOB'S FAMILY IN EGYPT. GENESIS 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 into his people. THE two chapters from the Old Testament, which our Church has appointed to be read...

...several eminent believers. The patriarch Jacob, when blessing his sons on the bed of death, before "he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost," broke out into this remarkable ejaculation ; "I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord : " implying,...