Genesis 25:7-17

7 These are all the years of Abraham's life that he lived, ¹one hundred and seventy-five years.

8 Abraham breathed his last and died ²in a ripe old age, an old man and satisfied with life; and he was ³gathered to his people.

9 Then his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in ⁴the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, facing * Mamre,

10 ⁵the field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth; there Abraham was buried with Sarah his wife.

11 It came about after the death of Abraham, that ⁶God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac lived by ⁷Beer-lahai-roi.

Descendants of Ishmael

12 Now these are the records of the generations of ⁸Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's maid, bore to Abraham;

13 and these are the names of ⁹the sons of Ishmael, by their names, in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael, and Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam

14 and Mishma and Dumah and Massa,

15 Hadad and Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah.

16 These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages, and by their camps; ¹⁰twelve * princes according to their tribes.

17 These are the years of the life of Ishmael, ¹¹one hundred and thirty-seven * years; and he breathed his last and died, and was ¹²gathered to his people.

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Genesis 25:7-17 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 12

1. Genesis 12:4
2. Genesis 15:15; Genesis 47:8, 9
3. Genesis 25:17; Genesis 35:29; Genesis 49:29, 33
4. Genesis 23:17, 18; Genesis 49:29, 30; Genesis 50:13
5. Genesis 23:3-16
6. Genesis 12:2, 3; Genesis 22:17; Genesis 26:3
7. Genesis 16:14; Genesis 24:62
8. Genesis 16:15
9. 1 Chronicles 1:29-31
10. Genesis 17:20
11. Genesis 16:16
12. Genesis 25:8; Genesis 49:33

Footnotes 5

[a]. Lit "the days of"
[b]. Lit "good"
[c]. Lit "dwelt"
[d]. Lit "in regard to their generations"
[e]. Or "peoples"