Genesis 25:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then Abraham gave up the spirit and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּגְוַ֨ע וַיָּ֧מָת אַבְרָהָ֛ם בְּשֵׂיבָ֥ה טוֹבָ֖ה זָקֵ֣ן וְשָׂבֵ֑עַ וַיֵּאָ֖סֶף אֶל־עַמָּֽיו׃

Transliteration

wə-yiḡwaʿ wə-yāmāt ʾaḇrāhām bə-śêḇāh ṭôḇāh zāqēn wə-śāḇēaʿ wə-yēʾāsep̄ ʾel-ʿammāyw

Grammar Details

• *wə-yiḡwaʿ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he expired
• *wə-yāmāt*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he died
• *ʾaḇrāhām*: proper noun, masculine singular - Abraham
• *bə-śêḇāh*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - in old age
• *ṭôḇāh*: adjective, feminine singular - good
• *zāqēn*: adjective, masculine singular - old
• *wə-śāḇēaʿ*: waw conjunction + adjective, masculine singular - and full/satisfied
• *wə-yēʾāsep̄*: waw consecutive + Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and was gathered
• *ʾel-ʿammāyw*: preposition + noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to his people

Word Meanings

• *wə-yiḡwaʿ*: expired/breathed his last/perished
• *bə-śêḇāh*: old age/gray hair
• *wə-śāḇēaʿ*: full/satisfied/content
• *wə-yēʾāsep̄*: was gathered/joined/collected
• *ʾel-ʿammāyw*: to his people/to his relatives/to his ancestors

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Abraham breathed his last and died at a ripe old age, an old man full of years, and he was gathered to his people.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old a, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full [of years], and was gathered to his people.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and than fell seke ad dyed in a lustie age (whe he had lyved ynough) ad was put vnto his people.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and fell sicke and dyed in a good age, whan he was olde, & had lyued ynough and was gathered vnto his people.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then Abraham yeelded the spirit, and died in a good age, an olde man, and of great yeeres, & was gathered to his people.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And then Abraham waxyng away, dyed in a lustie age, beyng an olde man, when he had liued ynough, and was gathered to his people.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full [of years]; and was gathered to his people.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Abraham gave up the spirit, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and Abraham expireth, and dieth in a good old age, aged and satisfied, and is gathered unto his people.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full `of years', and was gathered to his people.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full [of years], and was gathered to his people.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Abraham came to his death, an old man, full of years; and he was put to rest with his people.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Abraham gave up the spirit, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man who had lived a full life. He joined his ancestors.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 49:33 : 33 And when Jacob had finished commanding his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit, and was gathered to his people.
• Gen 25:17 : 17 These are the years of the life of Ishmael: a hundred and thirty-seven years. He gave up the spirit and died, and was gathered to his people.
• Gen 15:15 : 15 And you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.
• Gen 47:8-9 : 8 And Pharaoh said to Jacob, How old are you? 9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
• Gen 49:29 : 29 And he charged them, and said to them, I am to be gathered to my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
• Gen 25:7 : 7 These are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived: a hundred and seventy-five years.
• Gen 35:18 : 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
• Gen 35:28-29 : 28 And the days of Isaac were one hundred and eighty years. 29 And Isaac breathed his last, and died, and was gathered to his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
• Num 20:24 : 24 "Aaron shall be gathered to his people, for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you rebelled against My word at the water of Meribah.
• Num 27:13 : 13 And when you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered.
• Judg 2:10 : 10 And also all that generation were gathered to their fathers: and another generation arose after them, which did not know the LORD, nor the works which he had done for Israel.
• Judg 8:32 : 32 And Gideon the son of Joash died at a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
• 1 Chr 29:28 : 28 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his place.
• Job 5:26 : 26 You shall come to your grave at a full age, like a sheaf of grain comes in its season.
• Job 42:17 : 17 So Job died, old and full of days.
• Prov 20:29 : 29 The glory of young men is their strength, and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
• Jer 6:11 : 11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding it in. I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him who is full of days.
• Acts 5:5 : 5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down and breathed his last, and great fear came on all who heard these things.
• Acts 5:10 : 10 Then she fell down immediately at his feet and breathed her last, and the young men came in and found her dead, and carrying her out, buried her by her husband.
• Acts 12:23 : 23 And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.
• Acts 13:36 : 36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, and was laid to his fathers, and saw corruption: