KJV 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.
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Genesis 25:8
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
WEB World English Bible
Abraham gave up the spirit, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
ASV American Standard Version
And 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Abraham expireth, and dieth in a good old age, aged and satisfied, and is gathered unto his people.
Surrounding context — Genesis 25
5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
7 And these [are] 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 old age, an old man, 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 of Zohar the Hittite, which [is] before Mamre;
10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.
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Genesis 35:28-29And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.Genesis 15:15And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.1 Chronicles 29:28And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.Genesis 49:33And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.Job 42:17So Job died, [being] old and full of days.Judges 8:32And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.Genesis 47:8-9And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old [art] thou?Genesis 25:17And these [are] the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.Job 5:26Thou shalt come to [thy] grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.Acts 13:36For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:Proverbs 20:29The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the gray head.Genesis 25:7And these [are] the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.Acts 5:10Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying [her] forth, buried [her] by her husband.Genesis 49:29And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that [is] in the field of Ephron the Hittite,Judges 2:10And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.Numbers 27:13And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.Jeremiah 6:11Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with [him that is] full of days.Numbers 20:24Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.
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