| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 550 Seiten
...holy grandchild, Israel, the Spirit of God says, When Jacob had made an aid of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the g/iost, and was gathered unto his people ; Gen. xlix. 33. Lo, dying is no other than going to our fathers,... | |
| 1809 - 1150 Seiten
...therein, vans from the cluldren of Hcth. 33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, t them all be confounded and turned back and was gathered unto his people. CHAP. L. 1 The mourningfor Jacob. 7 The funeral. 24 Jose/i/ifirofifiesieth... | |
| Charles Drelincourt - 1810 - 614 Seiten
...old patriarchs. The holy scripture tells us, that when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, Gen. xlix. The same is related of king David.that when he had persuaded Solomon to "fear God, and to... | |
| William Jones - 1810 - 516 Seiten
...he 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 yielded up the ghost." APPENDIX. (No. I.) Written at a Seat, under some sequestered Oaks, in a natural Wilderness, near Gesiingthorpe.... | |
| Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 410 Seiten
...Hittite, for- a possession of a burying place. 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, and kissed... | |
| James Morison - 1810 - 292 Seiten
...impossible to conceive a more quiet returning to the dust, than these words convey to the mind ; ' He gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his fathers.' Here is a specimen of dying in the faith. Viewing the tranquillity... | |
| Sarah Trimmer - 1811 - 396 Seiten
...is therein, was from the children of Heth. S3 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. I And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1811 - 568 Seiten
...conceive to be the most ancient form of burial, and the same alluded to in the Holy Scriptures. And Jacob gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.' Now, to say nothing of our author's utter ignorance of the meaning... | |
| 1826 - 638 Seiten
...patriarch Jacob, ' I die, but God will be with you.' And when Jacob made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost." We have already said, and we say it considerately, mat difficult as it is to estimate the direct or... | |
| 1815 - 706 Seiten
...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 upon him,... | |
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