Genesis 25:17

17 Ishmael was 137 years old when he died.

Genesis 25:17 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 25:17

And these [are] the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred
and thirty and seven years
one hundred and thirty seven years old. So that he lived forty eight years after the death of Abraham, ( Genesis 25:8 ) ; and, though he did not live to be so old as he, yet it was a considerable age he attained unto, (See Gill on Genesis 25:7): and he gave up the ghost and died, and was gathered unto his people;
some of the same expressions being used of him as of his father, ( Genesis 25:8 ) , have led some to conclude that he was a penitent and died a good man, and was gathered to the same people; but these phrases are used both of good and bad men.

Genesis 25:17 In-Context

15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

16 They were the ancestors of twelve tribes, and their names were given to their villages and camping places.

17 Ishmael was 137 years old when he died.

18 The descendants of Ishmael lived in the territory between Havilah and Shur, to the east of Egypt on the way to Assyria. They lived apart from the other descendants of Abraham.

19 This is the story of Abraham's son Isaac.