 | John Kitto - 1841 - 640 pages
...Abraham died at the age of 175, being 40 years less than his father's age ; and yet he is said to have died " in a good old age ; an old man and full of years:" in like manner Isaac, who lived to 180, is said to have been " old and full of days ;" and if these... | |
 | Francis Alexander Durivage - 1841 - 794 pages
...are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, a hundred three score and fifteen years. Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old ¡ige, an old man, and full of years ; end was gathered to his people." His body was interred near... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 772 pages
...the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years. 8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good...and full of years ; and was gathered to his people. 9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son... | |
 | John Barton - 2002 - 574 pages
...who die a peaceful death are typically said to be gathered to their ancestors; for example Abraham died 'in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people' (Gen 25:8). The idiom here reflects the burial customs of ancient 1srael. Family members were buried together... | |
 | Matthaeus Merian - 2002 - 134 pages
...behold, Rebekah came out... with her pitcher upon her shoulder. Genesis, 24:15 BURIAL OF ABRAHAM And Abraham gave up the ghost and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years. Genesis, 25:8 JACOB AND ESAU And Isaac loved Esau because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved... | |
 | Reinhard Pummer - 2002 - 550 pages
...anymore? And again, a little further on the divine oracle says about him: "And Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of days, and he was gathered to his people."44 For what is the gathering of him who does not exist, and... | |
 | Ernest Verity - 2003 - 602 pages
...are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years. Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good...and full of years; and was gathered to his people. The law recorded in Ephesians 6:1-3 is binding until the end of time. It says: Children, obey your... | |
 | Craig A. Evans - 2003 - 173 pages
...The verb "gather" (^Dx) is frequently used in reference to interment, eg, "Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people" (Gen 25:8); "These are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty-seven years; he breathed his... | |
 | Leon Kass - 2003 - 722 pages
...safeguarding the new way into the third generation. At age 175, his work complete, Abraham "expired, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. And Isaac and Ishmael,58 his sons, buried him in the cave of Machpelah. . . . There was Abraham buried,... | |
 | Leon Kass - 2003 - 722 pages
...Abraham's life which he lived, one hundred years and seventy years and five years. And Abraham expired, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full [of years], and was gathered unto his people. And Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, buried him in the cave at Machpelah, in the field... | |
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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. 
