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Genesis 15:15 "thou shalt go to thy fathers"
Here is Strong's definition:
And thou shalt go
Old Testament Hebrew Definition:
0935 bow' {bo}
a primitive root; TWOT - 212; v
AV - come 1435, bring 487, ... in 233, enter 125, go 123, carry 17,
...down 23, pass 13, ...out 12, misc 109; 2577
1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to enter, come in
1a2) to come
1a2a) to come with
1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy)
1a2c) to come to pass
1a3) to attain to
1a4) to be enumerated
1a5) to go
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to lead in
1b2) to carry in
1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come,
bring near, bring against, bring upon
1b4) to bring to pass
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be brought, brought in
1c2) to be introduced, be put
to thy fathers
Old Testament Hebrew Definition:
01 'ab {awb}
a root; TWOT - 4a; n m
AV - father 1205, chief 2, families 2, desire 1, fatherless + 0369 1,
forefathers + 07223 1, patrimony 1, prince 1, principal 1; 1215
1) father of an individual
2) of God as father of his people
3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan
4) ancestor
4a) grandfather, forefathers -- of person
4b) of people
5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art
6) of producer, generator (fig.)
7) of benevolence and protection (fig.)
8) term of respect and honour
9) ruler or chief (spec.)
Genesis 25:8-9 says
" 8Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. 9And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;"
We see the burial here after he was gathered to his people.
Here is stong's definition on the Hebrew words:
gave up the ghost
Old Testament Hebrew Definition:
01478 gava` {gaw-vah'}
a primitive root; TWOT - 328; v
AV - die 12, give up the ghost 9, dead 1, perish 2, dead 1; 24
1) to expire, die, perish, give up the ghost, yield up the ghost,
be dead, be ready to die
1a) (Qal) to expire, die, be about to die
Notice this says nothing about breath.
[of years] and was gathered
Old Testament Hebrew Definition:
0622 'acaph {aw-saf'}
a primitive root; TWOT - 140; v
AV - together 51, gather 86, assemble 15, rereward 5, misc 51; 200
1) to gather, receive, remove, gather in
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to gather, collect
1a2) to gather (an individual into company of others)
1a3) to bring up the rear
1a4) to gather and take away, remove, withdraw
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to assemble, be gathered
1b2) (pass of Qal 1a2)
1b2a) to be gathered to one's fathers
1b2b) to be brought in or into (association with others)
1b3) (pass of Qal 1a4)
1b3a) to be taken away, removed, perish
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to gather (harvest)
1c2) to take in, receive into
1c3) rearguard, rearward (subst)
1d) (Pual) to be gathered
1e) (Hithpael) to gather oneself or themselves
to his people
Old Testament Hebrew Definition:
05971 `am {am}
from 06004; TWOT - 1640a,1640e; n m
AV - people 1836, nation 17, people + 01121 4, folk 2, Ammi 1,
men 1, each 1; 1862
1) nation, people
1a) people, nation
1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men
2) kinsman, kindred
Then the next text says "AND his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;"
The burial takes place after he was gathered to his fathers. And his fathers were no where near where he was buried. The text does not say that he went to the same destination as his fathers. It specifically says he was gathered to his fathers.
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rather than from the brighter N.T. revelations directly concerned with life after death. The soul sleep crowd attempts reconciliation by giving precedence to the former over the latter but the opposite should be our method...
