Genesis 35:27-29 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 35:21-29

Here is, 1. Jacob's removal, Gen. 35:21. He also, as his fathers, sojourned in the land of promise as in a strange country, and was not long in a place. Immediately after the story of Rachel's death he is here called Israel (Gen. 35:21, 22), and not often so afterwards: the Jews say, ?The historian does him this honour here because he bore that affliction with such admirable patience and submission to Providence.? Note, Those are Israels indeed, princes with God, that support the government of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 35:27

And Jacob came unto Isaac his father ,.... No mention being made of his mother, it is very probable she was dead; and Isaac being alone, and very old, and the time of his death drawing nigh, he might send for Jacob to come with his family, and be with him; for it can hardly be thought that this was the first time of Jacob's visiting his father since he came into the land, of Canaan, which must be about ten years; but as yet he had not come with his family to him, and in order to abide with... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 35:28

And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. He lived, forty years after he had made his will, and blessed his two sons. Jacob was now one hundred and twenty years of age, being born when his father was sixty; and Joseph was now twenty nine years of age, so that Isaac lived twelve years after the selling of Joseph into Egypt; he was five years older than his father Abraham was when he died. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 35:29

And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died ,.... According to an Arabic writer F12 Elmacin. p. 26. apud Hottinger. Smegma Orient. p. 341. , he died at the end of the year 3,668, in the month Jiar, when Jacob was one hundred and twenty years old, and his children buried him in the cave in which Abraham was buried, in the city Chabil: According to Ussher this at about 1,716 B.C. and was gathered unto his people ; his soul was gathered to the righteous, his body was laid where Abraham and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 35:27

The city of Arbah, (which is Hebron) - See Genesis 23:2 . It has been conjectured that Jacob must have paid a visit to his father before this time, as previously to this he had been some years in Canaan; but now, as he was approaching to his end, Jacob is supposed to have gone to live with and comfort him in his declining days. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 35:29

Isaac gave up the ghost - and was gathered unto his people - See Clarke on Genesis 25:8 ; (note). Esau and Jacob buried him - See Genesis 25:9 . Esau, as we have seen Genesis 33, was thoroughly reconciled to his brother Jacob, and now they both join in fraternal and filial affection to do the last kind office to their amiable father. It is generally allowed that the death of Isaac is mentioned here out of its chronological order, as several of the transactions mentioned in the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 35:28

Verse 28 28.And the days of Isaac. The death of Isaac is not related in its proper order, as will soon appear from the connection of the history: but, as we have elsewhere seen, the figure hysteron proteron was familiar to Moses. (128) When it is said, that he died old, and full of days, the meaning is, that, having fulfilled the course of his life, he departed by a mature death; this, therefore, is ascribed to the blessing of God. Nevertheless, I refer these words not merely to the duration of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 35:16-29

These family records mingle well with the story of God's grace. The mothers " Ben-oni " is the father's " Benjamin ." Out of the pain and the bereavement sometimes comes the consolation. A strange blending of joy and sorrow is the tale of human love. But there is a higher love which may draw out the pure stream of peace and calm delight from that impure fountain. Jacob and Esau were separated in their lives, but they met at their father's grave. Death is a terrible divider, but a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 35:27

And Jacob came unto Isaac his father, unto Mature (on the probability of Jacob's having previously visited his father, vide Genesis 35:8 ), unto the city of Arbah ( Genesis 13:18 ; Genesis 23:2 , Genesis 23:19 ; Joshua 14:15 ; Joshua 15:13 ), which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 35:28

And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years . At this time Jacob was 120; but at 130 he stood before Pharaoh in Egypt, at which date Joseph had been 10 years governor. He was therefore 120 when Joseph was promoted at the age of 30, and 107 when Joseph was sold; consequently Isaac was 167 years of age when Joseph was sold, so that he must have survived that event and sympathized with Jacob his son for a period of 13 years. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 35:21-29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 35:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 35:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 35:29

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 35:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 35:29

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 35:28

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 35:16-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 35:27

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 35:28

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