Genesis 7:21

7:21 And all living things ¹  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 23:2

23:2 Then she ²  died in Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. ³ 

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. ⁴  He joined his ancestors. ⁵ 

Genesis 35:8

35:8 (Deborah, ⁶  Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel; thus it was named ⁷  Oak of Weeping.) ⁸ 

Genesis 35:29

35:29 Then Isaac breathed his last and joined his ancestors. ⁹  He died an old man who had lived a full life. ¹⁰  His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Genesis 36:35

36:35 When Husham died, Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated the Midianites in the land of Moab, reigned in his place; the name of his city was Avith.

Genesis 46:12

46:12 The sons of Judah:

Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah

(but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan).

The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

Genesis 50:26

50:26 So Joseph died at the age of 110. ¹¹  After they embalmed him, his body ¹²  was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

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¹ tn Heb “flesh.”

² tn Heb “Sarah.” The proper name has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun (“she”) for stylistic reasons.

³ sn Mourn…weep. The description here is of standard mourning rites (see K. A. Kitchen, NBD³ 149-50). They would have been carried out in the presence of the corpse, probably in Sarah’s tent. So Abraham came in to mourn; then he rose up to go and bury his dead (v. 3).

⁴ tn Heb “old and full.”

⁵ 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.

⁶ sn Deborah. This woman had been Rebekah’s nurse, but later attached herself to Jacob. She must have been about one hundred and eighty years old when she died.

⁷ tn “and he called its name.” There is no expressed subject, so the verb can be translated as passive.

⁸ tn Or “Allon Bacuth,” if one transliterates the Hebrew name (cf. NEB, NIV, NRSV). An oak tree was revered in the ancient world and often designated as a shrine or landmark. This one was named for the weeping (mourning) occasioned by the death of Deborah.

⁹ 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.

¹⁰ tn Heb “old and full of years.”

¹¹ tn Heb “son of a hundred and ten years.”

¹² tn Heb “he.”