Knowing The Word in Genesis 35:22-29, The Death of Isaac
22 While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine. And Israel heard of it. [Reuben resented that his father did not love his mother, Leah. It seems he lay with Bilhah to prevent Rachel’s maid from succeeding Rachel as his father’s favorite wife.]
Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. 23 The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob's firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. 24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. 25 The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant: Dan and Naphtali. 26 The sons of Zilpah, Leah's servant: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
27 And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned. 28 Now the days of Isaac were 180 years. 29 And Isaac breathed his last, and he died and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. [Apparently Rebekah did not live long enough to see her favorite son return. As Isaac and Ishmael reunited to bury Abraham, Jacob and Esau reunite to bury their father.]
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