מכרה mekêrāh — “weapon;” related: כיר kārar or כרה kārāh dig. “Device, design?” related: …

He gathered up his feet into the bed.—This seems to indicate that the events recorded in Genesis chapters 48 and 49 all t…

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his bless…

He gathered up his feet. The expression is not unnecessary, because Moses wished by this to describe the peaceful death of the holy man, a…

And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons
Had given all the proper directions and instructions concernin…

Jacob blessed everyone according to the blessings God intended to bestow upon them in later times. He spoke about his burial place, from a principl…