Genesis 35:29

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“Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.”

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BSBPD

“Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And 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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, old and full of days: and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and Isaac expireth, and dieth, and is gathered unto his people, aged and satisfied with days; and bury him do Esau and Jacob his sons.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 35:29 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
  2. Genesis 15:15You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
  3. Genesis 23:19After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
  4. Genesis 25:7Abraham lived a total of 175 years.
  5. Genesis 25:8And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
  6. Genesis 25:9His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.
  7. Genesis 25:17Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
  8. Genesis 27:1When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.
  9. Genesis 27:41Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
  10. Genesis 49:31There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.
  11. Genesis 49:33When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.
  12. Job 5:26You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
  13. Ecclesiastes 12:5when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels— for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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