Genesis 25:8

when he breathed his last, dying in a good old age, old and satisfied with living, and was gathered to his forefathers.

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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

7Abraham had lived for one hundred and seventy-five years,

9Then Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is east of Mamre,

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Cross References

Genesis 15:15But you will go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried in a good old age.

Genesis 25:17Ishmael lived for one hundred and thirty-seven years; and he breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.

Genesis 35:28The length of Isaac’s life was a one hundred and eighty years.

Genesis 47:8Then Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many years have you lived?”

Genesis 49:33When Jacob had finished giving these instructions to his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, breathed his last and was gathered to his ancestors.

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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