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Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 49:31

Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 49:31

There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.

31. there they buried, &c.] See, for the burial of Sarah, Gen 23:19; of Abraham, Gen 25:9-10; of Isaac, Gen 35:29. The burials of Rebekah and Leah are not recorded.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife,…. Abraham buried Sarah there himself, and his two sons, Isaac and Ishmael, buried him there:

there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; we have no other account of the death of Rebekah, and her burial, but here; it is probable she died before Isaac, and that Isaac buried her in this cave; and here Esau and Jacob buried him:

and there I buried Leah; of whose death and burial we also read nowhere else but here; it is probable she died before Isaac, and that Isaac buried her in this cave; and here Esau and Jacob buried him:

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

Gen 49:31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.

Ver. 31. There they buried Abraham and Sarah, &c. ] It is observed by an interpreter, that these here mentioned, and Jacob himself the sixth, buried in one grove, the first letters of all their names are contained in that one name, Israel. Whether these here buried were those that rose with our Saviour Christ, were seen in the holy city, and accompanied him to heaven at his ascension, I have not to say, though some have held it.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

Abraham. The five previously buried there form an acrostic of the sixth. Isaac, Sarah, Rebekah, Abraham, Leah = Israel (Heb 11:13).

Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics

Gen 23:3, Gen 23:16-20, Gen 25:9, Gen 35:29, Gen 47:30, Gen 50:13, Act 7:16

Reciprocal: Gen 15:15 – buried Gen 23:20 – for a Gen 25:10 – there Gen 29:16 – was Leah

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge