John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 25:8
Then Abraham gave up the ghost ,.... Very readily and cheerfully, without any previous sickness or present pain, but through the decay of nature by reason of old age, in a very easy quiet manner: and died in a good old age, an old man ; for quantity, in those times few arriving to a greater; for quality, not attended with those inconveniences and disadvantages with which old age generally is, and therefore called evil: and full of years ; in the original it is only, "and full"; the... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 25:7
And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life, which he lived ,.... Being about to die, an account is given of his age, which was an hundred threescore and fifteen years ; one hundred and seventy years; so that Isaac was now seventy five years of age, for he was born when Abraham was an hundred years old, and Jacob and Esau must how be fifteen years of age at this time, since they were born when Isaac was sixty years of age, Genesis 25:26 ; and Ishmael must be eighty nine... read more