Genesis 25:8

25:8 Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man who had lived a full life. ¹  He joined his ancestors. ² 

Genesis 25:2

25:2 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

Genesis 7:12

7:12 And the rain fell ³  on the earth forty days and forty nights.

Isaiah 57:2

57:2 Those who live uprightly enter a place of peace;

they rest on their beds. ⁴ 

Acts 13:36

13:36 For David, after he had served ⁵  God’s purpose in his own generation, died, ⁶  was buried with his ancestors, ⁷  and experienced ⁸  decay,

¹ tn Heb “old and full.”

² tn Heb “And he was gathered to his people.” In the ancient Israelite view he joined his deceased ancestors in Sheol, the land of the dead.

³ tn Heb “was.”

⁴ tn Heb “he enters peace, they rest on their beds, the one who walks straight ahead of himself.” The tomb is here viewed in a fairly positive way as a place where the dead are at peace and sleep undisturbed.

⁵ tn The participle ὑπηρετήσας (Juphrethsa") is taken temporally.

⁶ tn The verb κοιμάω (koimaw) literally means “sleep,” but it is often used in the Bible as a euphemism for the death of a believer.

⁷ tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “was gathered to his fathers” (a Semitic idiom).

⁸ tn Grk “saw,” but the literal translation of the phrase “saw decay” could be misunderstood to mean simply “looked at decay,” while here “saw decay” is really figurative for “experienced decay.” This remark explains why David cannot fulfill the promise.