Genesis 25:7-11

Abraham’s death

7 Abraham lived to the age of 175.
8 Abraham took his last breath and died after a good long life, a content old man, and he was placed with his ancestors.
9 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave in Machpelah, which is in the field of Zohar's son Ephron the Hittite, near Mamre.
10 Thus Abraham and his wife Sarah were both buried in the field Abraham had purchased from the Hittites.
11 After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac, and Isaac lived in Beer-lahai-roi.

Genesis 25:7-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 25

This chapter contains an account of Abraham's marriage with another woman, and of the children he had by her and of their posterity Ge 25:1-4; of Abraham's disposal of his substance; and his sons, Ge 25:5,6; of the years of his life, his death and burial, Ge 25:7-11; of the children of Ishmael, and of the years of his life, and of his death, Ge 25:12-18; and of the sons of Isaac the fruit of prayer, and of the oracle concerning them before they were born, and of their temper and disposition, conduct and behaviour, Ge 25:19-34.

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