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Genesis 35:29

EsauIsaacIsrael
Death and lossOld age

27 Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.

28 And Isaac lived 180 years.

Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
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BSB
Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
KJV
And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
WEB
Isaac gave up the spirit and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.
ASV
And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, old and full of days: and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.
DARBY
And Isaac expired and died, and was gathered to his peoples, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
BLB
And Isaac expired and he died, and he was gathered to his people, old and full of days; and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.
ÅB
Da oppgav Isak ånden og døde og ble samlet til sine fedre, gammel og mett av dager; og Esau og Jakob, hans sønner, begravde ham.
[^1]: d.e. Betels Gud.
[^2]: min smertes sønn.
[^3]: lykkens sønn.
[^4]: flokkens tårn.
OTB
Så dro han sitt siste sukk og døde, og ble samlet til sitt folk, gammel og mett av dager. Hans sønner Esau og Jakob begravde ham.
B1930
Da opgav Isak ånden og døde og blev samlet til sine fedre, gammel og mett av dager; og Esau og Jakob, hans sønner, begravde ham.

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  • Genesis 15:15

    You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.

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  • Genesis 49:33

    When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.

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  • Genesis 49:31

    There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.

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  • Genesis 25:7–9

    Abraham lived a total of 175 years.

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  • Job 5:26

    You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.

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  • Genesis 3:19

    By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

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  • Genesis 27:41

    Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

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  • Genesis 23:19–20

    After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

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