# 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/jit/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/jit/figs-euphemism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])