Discovery BoxGenesis 27:26 
Context27:26 Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come here and kiss me, my son.”
Genesis 25:7
Context25:7 Abraham lived a total of 1 175 years.
Genesis 17:26
Context17:26 Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the very same day.
Genesis 22:4
Context22:4 On the third day Abraham caught sight of 2 the place in the distance.
Genesis 23:3
Context23:3 Then Abraham got up from mourning his dead wife 3 and said to the sons of Heth, 4
1 tn Heb “and these are the days of the years of the lifetime of Abraham that he lived.” The normal genealogical formula is expanded here due to the importance of the life of Abraham.
2 tn Heb “lifted up his eyes and saw.”
3 tn Heb “And Abraham arose from upon the face of his dead.”
4 tn Some translate the Hebrew term “Heth” as “Hittites” here (also in vv. 5, 7, 10, 16, 18, 20), but this gives the impression that these people were the classical Hittites of Anatolia. However, there is no known connection between these sons of Heth, apparently a Canaanite group (see Gen 10:15), and the Hittites of Asia Minor. See H. A. Hoffner, Jr., “Hittites,” Peoples of the Old Testament World, 152-53.
