Genesis 25:8–10

25:8 Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man who had lived a full life.8 He joined his ancestors.9 25:9 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah10 near Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar, the Hethite. 25:10 This was the field Abraham had purchased from the sons of Heth.11 There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.

8	tn Heb “old and full.”
9	tn Heb “And he was gathered to his people.” In the ancient Israelite view he joined his deceased ancestors in Sheol, the land of the dead.
10	sn The cave of Machpelah was the place Abraham had purchased as a burial place for his wife Sarah (Gen 23:17–18).
11	tn See the note on the phrase “sons of Heth” in Gen 23:3.