Genesis 25:17
And the years of Ismael's life were a hundred and thirty-seven, and decaying he died, and was gathered unto his people.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et facti sunt anni vitæ Ismaëlis centum triginta septem, deficiensque mortuus est, et appositus ad populum suum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ταῦτα τὰ ἔτη τῆς ζωῆς Ἰσμαήλ, ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα ἑπτὰ ἔτη· καὶ ἐκλείπων ἀπέθανεν καὶ προσετέθη πρὸς τὸ γένος αὐτοῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְאֵ֗לֶּה שְׁנֵי֙ חַיֵּ֣י יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אל מְאַ֥ת שָׁנָ֛ה וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וְשֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֑ים וַיִּגְוַ֣ע וַיָּ֔מָת וַיֵּאָ֖סֶף אֶל עַמָּֽיו
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine A Treatise on the Grace of Christ, and on Original Sin, Why the Circumcision of Infants Was Enjoined Under Pain of So Great a Punishment
The Scripture does not inform us whether before Abraham’s time righteous men or their children were marked by any bodily or visible sign. Abraham himself, indeed, received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of faith. And he received it with this accompanying injunction: All the male infants of his household were from that very time to be circumcised, while fresh from their mother’s womb, on the eighth day from their birth; so that even they who were not yet able with the heart to believe unto righteousness, should nevertheless receive the seal of the righteousness of faith. …