8Then 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.
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And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. …
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
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.
So Job died, being old and full of days.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)Abraham lived, after the marriage of Isaac, thirty-five years, and all that is recorded concerning him during the time lies here in a very few verses. We hear no more of God’s extraordinary appearances to him or trials of him; for all the days, even of the best and greatest saints, are not eminent days, some slide on silently, and neither come nor go with observation; such were these last days of…
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