Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Genesis 25:7 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 7. 7And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
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Quick Meaning
Abraham's life totals 175 years. In the final-form chronology, Isaac is 75 and Jacob and Esau are about 15 at Abraham's death, showing that the obituary is placed before the twins' birth story for literary closure rather than strict sequence.
Read It With
- Genesis 25:1–11
Read verses 7–11 with Genesis 21:5 and 25:19–26. Abraham was 100 at Isaac's birth and Isaac was 60 at the twins' birth. Those ages correct the mistaken conclusion that Abraham died before Jacob and Esau were born simply because his death notice comes first.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Once descendants and inheritance are settled, the formal age notice begins Abraham's obituary and closes his long narrative life.
Read Genesis 25:7–10 together
Why these verses belong together: The age notice, death formula, joint burial by Isaac and Ishmael, and identification of Machpelah form Abraham's complete death-and-burial conclusion.
Verse 7. 7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
Verse 8. 8 Then 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.
Verse 9. 9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
Verse 10. 10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
What Remains True
Narrative arrangement can serve literary and genealogical movement without falsifying chronology; responsible readers check the book's own time markers.
How It Can Shape Life
- When a biblical narrative groups events thematically, use its explicit dates and ages before building a detailed timeline from paragraph order alone.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Genesis 25:1–11 — Abraham's Life ClosesSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? very strong
Where care is needed
The arithmetic establishes relative ages in the received narrative but does not narrate Abraham's relationship with the twins.
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Displayed wording, thought-unit boundary, Keturah, descendants, inheritance and gifts, ages, death, burial, Machpelah, Beer Lahai Roi, Isaac's blessing, and canonical status language.
Exact location: Genesis 25:1–11 in the pinned eng-kjv2006 source; compared with Genesis 16:13–14; 17:15–21; 21:1–21; 23:1–20; 24:62–67; 25:12–26; and 1 Chronicles 1:28–34
Open source ↗hebrew text morphology and lemma data
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible — Genesis
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, Version 2.2 released 2021; repository inspected 2026
Supports: Household-status terms, inheritance syntax, death formula, fullness, gathering language, blessing, and supplied-word checks.
Exact location: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, wlc/Gen.xml, Genesis 25:1–11; forms for ishshah, pilagshim, vayyigva, savea, vayye'asef el-ammav, and vayvarekh
Open source ↗Translation and textual notes
NET Bible — Genesis with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, Digital edition accessed 2026
Supports: Non-strict chronology, genealogical names, concubine and eastward language, expanded age formula, old/full wording, gathered-to-people distinction, Machpelah, and blessing without immediate fertility.
Exact location: NET Bible, Genesis 25:1–11 and translator notes 1–21; compared with notes at Genesis 25:19–26
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