John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 25:17

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And these [are] the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years, etc.] one hundred and thirty seven years old. So that he lived forty eight years after the death of Abraham, (<012508>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 “<012507>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, (<012508>Genesis 25:8), have led some to conclude that he was a penitent and died a good man, and was gathered to the same people; but these phrases are used both of good and bad men.

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