Rabbi Isaac taught in the name of Rabbi Joḥanan that Jacob did not die. reports only that "he gathered up his feet into the bed, and expired, and was gathered unto his people.") Rav Naḥman objected that he must have died, for he was bewailed (as reports) and embalmed (as reports) and buried (as reports)! Rabbi Isaac replied that Rabbi Joḥanan derived his position that Jacob still lives from , which says, "Therefore fear not, O Jacob, My servant, says the Lord; neither be dismayed, O Israel, for, lo, I will save you from afar and your seed from the land of their captivity." Rabbi Isaac explained that since likens Jacob to his descendants, then just as Jacob's descendants still live, so too must Jacob.