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 7:21

7:21 And all living things ³  that moved on the earth died, including the birds, domestic animals, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all humankind.

Genesis 25:17

25:17 Ishmael lived a total of ⁴  137 years. He breathed his last and died; then he joined his ancestors. ⁵ 

Genesis 35:29

35:29 Then Isaac breathed his last and joined his ancestors. ⁶  He died an old man who had lived a full life. ⁷  His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Genesis 49:33

49:33 When Jacob finished giving these instructions to his sons, he pulled his feet up onto the bed, breathed his last breath, and went ⁸  to his people.

Genesis 6:17

6:17 I am about to bring ⁹  floodwaters ¹⁰  on the earth to destroy ¹¹  from under the sky all the living creatures that have the breath of life in them. ¹²  Everything that is on the earth will die,

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 “flesh.”

⁵ tn Heb “And these are the days of the years of Ishmael.”

⁶ 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.

⁷ tn Heb “and Isaac expired and died and he was gathered to his people.” In the ancient Israelite view he joined his deceased ancestors in Sheol, the land of the dead.

⁸ tn Heb “old and full of years.”

⁹ tn Heb “was gathered.”

¹¹ tn The Hebrew construction uses the independent personal pronoun, followed by a suffixed form of הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) and the a participle used with an imminent future nuance: “As for me, look, I am going to bring.”

¹² tn Heb “the flood, water.”

¹³ tn The verb שָׁחָת (shakhat, “to destroy”) is repeated yet again, only now in an infinitival form expressing the purpose of the flood.

¹⁴ tn The Hebrew construction here is different from the previous two; here it is רוּחַ חַיִּים (ruakh khayyim) rather than נֶפֶשׁ הַיָּה (nefesh khayyah) or נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים (nishmat khayyim). It refers to everything that breathes.