Holy Scripture

Genesis 25:8

A church father on this verse
“I am reviewing carefully the places in Scripture where I might find old age mentioned for the first time. Adam lived for 930 years, yet he is not called an old man. Methuselah's life was 969 years, and he is not called an old man. I am coming down all the way to the flood, and after the flood for almost three thousand…”
Jerome, 5th c. — HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 21

Source: Septuagint

Original

8And Abraham failing died in a good old age, an old man and full of days, and was added to his people.

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6But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and he sent them away from his son Isaac, while he was yet living, to the east into the country of the east.

7And these were the years of the days of the life of Abraham as many as he lived, a hundred and seventy-five years.

— Genesis 25:8 —

9And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the double cave, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is over against Mamre:

10even the field and the cave which Abraham bought of the sons of Heth; there they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife.

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