Genesis 25:17

17 Ishmael lived to the age of 137. He took his last breath and died, and was placed with his ancestors.

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 These are Ishmael's sons. These are their names by their villages and their settlements: twelve tribal leaders according to their tribes.

17 Ishmael lived to the age of 137. He took his last breath and died, and was placed with his ancestors.

18 He established camps from Havilah to Shur, which is near Egypt on the road to Assyria. He died among all of his brothers.

19 These are the descendants of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham became the father of Isaac.