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Genesis 35:29

EsauIsaacIsrael
Death and lossOld age

27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.

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.
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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

    And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

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  • Genesis 49:33

    And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.

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  • Genesis 49:31

    There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.

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  • Genesis 25:7–9

    And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.

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  • Job 5:26

    Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

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  • Genesis 3:19

    In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

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  • Genesis 27:41

    And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

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  • Genesis 23:19–20

    And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.

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