Genesis 25:9 meaning and explanation

His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.

Genesis 25:9, Berean Standard Bible

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Abraham has just died at 175, and his two sons, Isaac and Ishmael, come together to bury him. Though Ishmael had been sent away years earlier and the brothers' lives had diverged, both honor their father at the family tomb.

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