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Theseוְאֵלֶּהare the daysיְמֵיof the yearsשְׁנֵיof the lifeחַיֵּיof Abrahamאַבְרָהָםwhichאֲשֶׁרhe lived:חָיa hundredמְאַתand seventyוְשִׁבְעִיםand fiveוְחָמֵשׁyears.שָׁנָה שָׁנָה שָׁנִים
Genesis 25:7
Study it in the app“These are the days of the years of the life of Abraham which he lived: a hundred and seventy and five years.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 25:7, word by word
- are the daysיְמֵיyeme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appears- of the yearsשְׁנֵיshene
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shene” appears- of the lifeחַיֵּיchaye
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chaye” appears- of Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham
Abraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appears- he livedחָיchay
live
Live.
Where else “chay” appears- a hundredמְאַתmeat
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meat” appears- and seventyשִׁבְעִיםshivim
seventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appears- and fiveחָמֵשׁchamesh
five
Five.
Where else “chamesh” appears
The context
6But to the sons of the concubines that were Abraham’s, Abraham gave gifts, and he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he was still alive, eastward, to the land of the east.
7 · This verse (above)
8Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, old and satisfied, and he was gathered to his people.
To study Genesis 25 in a group
1. What it says
What did Esau do with his birthright, and what did he receive in exchange (vv. 29-34)?
2. What it means
What does the text mean when it ends, “Thus Esau despised his birthright” (v. 34)?
3. How I live it
What valuable thing are you at risk of trading away for a need of the moment?