Genesis 25:8

And Abraham came to his death, an old man, full of years; and he was put to rest with his people.

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In The King James Version

Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

In Context

7Now the years of Abraham's life were a hundred and seventy-five.

9And Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, put him to rest in the hollow rock of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, near Mamre;

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Cross References

Genesis 15:15As for you, you will go to your fathers in peace; at the end of a long life you will be put in your last resting-place.

Genesis 25:17And the years of Ishmael's life were a hundred and thirty-seven: and he came to his end, and was put to rest with his people.

Genesis 35:28And Isaac was a hundred and eighty years old.

Genesis 47:8And Pharaoh said to him, How old are you?

Genesis 49:33And when Jacob had come to the end of these words to his sons, stretching himself on his bed, he gave up his spirit, and went the way of his people.

Numbers 20:24Aaron will be put to rest with his people; he will not go into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you went against my word at the waters of Meribah.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 25:2-11

Abraham's Death. ( b. c. 1822.) 1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. 2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. 4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. 5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. 6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave… Read the whole commentary →

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