Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
he charged them—The charge had already been given and solemnly undertaken (Genesis 47:31). But in mentioning his wishes now and rehearsing all the circumstances connected with the purchase of Machpelah, he wished to declare, with his latest breath, before all his family, that he died in the same faith as Abraham.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Genesis 49:29:
Genesis 49:27
Isaiah 22:16
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