Expire גָּוַע

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Mar 2, 2025 · 4m

We have looked at the word for death and dead. As we know God loves variety and uses several different ways to describe the same basic concept. We are in Genesis chapter 25 today. We find a couple of figures of speech that are used to describe this idea of death. You could also call these euphemisms because it is a kinder way to say something that is very serious. Both of these are used twice in our chapter describing first Abraham and then his son Ishmael. Genesis 25:8 Then Abraham גָּוַעbreathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his…