Genesis 15:15
You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 23:19After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 25:8And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
Genesis 49:29Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
Genesis 50:13They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
Numbers 27:13After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was;
1 Chronicles 23:1When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 15:13-17
12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; 14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. 15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. 16 But in the… Read the whole commentary →