Genesis 25:8 meaning and explanation
And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
Genesis 25:8, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
Abraham has just died at 175, and the narrator sums up his life with a formula used elsewhere in Genesis for the patriarchs. "Gathered to his people" describes being joined to his ancestors in death, a phrase that points beyond the grave without spelling out what lies there.
Read and study this verse. Three complete study layers are included with Premium.