John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 25:18
And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur ,.... That is, the posterity of Ishmael, whose country reached from one place to the other; not from India to Chaluza, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem; but the extent is that vast desert of Arabia, which eastward was called the wilderness of Havilah, and westward the wilderness of Shur; so that they inhabited it from east to west: that is before Egypt, as thou goest to Assyria ; which last place was over against Egypt, and bordered on that... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 25:17
And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years ,.... one hundred and thirty seven years old. So that he lived forty eight years after the death of Abraham, Genesis 25:8 ; and, though he did not live to be so old as he, yet it was a considerable age he attained unto; see Gill on Genesis 25:7 , and he gave up the ghost and died, and was gathered unto his people ; some of the same expressions being used of him as of his father, Genesis 25:8 ,... read more