Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageAbraham breathed his last and died in a good old age — old and satisfied with life — and was gathered to his people.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GAvraham breathed his last and died at a good old age — aged and satisfied — and was gathered to his people.
KJV
King James VersionThen 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.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleAnd at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
Footnotes
שָׂבֵעַ (sav'ea) means "sated/full/satisfied" — the word of one who has received their fill of life, the opposite of dying in want or incompleteness. The idiom "gathered to his people" (נֶאֱסַף אֶל-עַמָּיו) is not merely a death formula; it carries a genuine sense of reunion with the ancestral community, hinting at continuity beyond death. Note also that the text uses two verbs — וַיִּגְוַע (wayyigva', "breathed his last/expired") and then וַיָּמָת ("and died") — an emphatic pairing that underscores the finality while layering the pathos.
