28 All these are the twelve e tribes of Israel , and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He blessed them, every one with the blessing appropriate to him. 29 Then he charged them and said to them, "I am about to be gathered to my people ; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite , 30 in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah , which is before e Mamre , in the land of Canaan , which Abraham bought along with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a burial site . 31 "There they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah , there they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah , and there I buried Leah - 32 the field and the cave that is in it, purchased from the sons of Heth ." 33 When Jacob finished charging his sons , he drew his feet into the bed and breathed his last , and was gathered to his people .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 49:28-33
Commentary on Genesis 49:28-33
(Read Genesis 49:28-33)
Jacob blessed every one according to the blessings God in after-times intended to bestow upon them. He spoke about his burial-place, from a principle of faith in the promise of God, that Canaan should be the inheritance of his seed in due time. When he had finished both his blessing and his charge, and so had finished his testimony, he addressed himself to his dying work. He gathered up his feet into the bed, not only as one patiently submitting to the stroke, but as one cheerfully composing himself to rest, now that he was weary. He freely gave up his spirit into the hand of God, the Father of spirits. If God's people be our people, death will gather us to them. Under the care of the Shepherd of Israel, we shall lack nothing for body or soul. We shall remain unmoved until our work is finished; then, breathing out our souls into His hands for whose salvation we have waited, we shall depart in peace, and leave a blessing for our children after us.