Abraham’s Death

This is the length of Abraham’s life:[a] 175 years. He took his last breath and died at a ripe old age,(A) old and contented,[b] and he was gathered to his people.(B) His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah(C) near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite. 10 This was the field that Abraham bought from the Hittites.(D) Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah. 11 After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 25:7 Lit And these are the days of the years of the lives of Abraham that he lived
  2. Genesis 25:8 Sam, LXX, Syr read full of days

Now these are the days of the years of the life of Abraham:[a] one hundred and seventy-five years. And Abraham passed away and died in a good old age, old and full of years. And he was gathered to his people. And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, son of Zohar the Hittite, that was east of Mamre, 10 the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites.[b] There Abraham was buried and Sarah his wife. 11 And it happened that after the death of Abraham God blessed Isaac his son, and Isaac settled at Beer-Lahai-Roi.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 25:7 Literally “the years of the life of Abraham which he lived”
  2. Genesis 25:10 Or “sons of Heth”