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finished these instructions to his sons
"finished instructing his sons" or "finished commanding his sons"
he pulled his feet into the bed
Jacob was sitting on the bed. Now, Jacob turns and puts his feet in the bed so he can lie down.
breathed his last
This is a polite way of saying a person died. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism)
went to his people
After Jacob died, his inner man went to the same place as his relatives who died before him. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)