Genesis 35:29
And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
Cross-references
Isaac's death at a good old age fulfills the promise of peaceful death in Genesis 15:15 given to Abraham.
Isaac's death description mirrors Abraham's in Genesis 25:8—both die old, full of years, gathered to people.
Genesis 27:41 shows Esau plotting to kill Jacob after Isaac's death — yet here the brothers bury Isaac together, suggesting reconciliation.
Genesis 49:31 is Jacob listing who's buried at Machpelah — including Isaac and Rebekah, confirming the site where Isaac was laid.
Jacob's death in Genesis 49:33 echoes his father Isaac's—both gathered to their people at life's end.
Genesis 49:29 is Jacob's request to be buried at Machpelah 'with my fathers' — following the exact pattern of Isaac's burial shown here.
Genesis 50:13 fulfills Jacob's burial request at Machpelah — continuing the patriarchal burial tradition that began with Isaac here.
Ishmael's death in Genesis 25:17 is described similarly—gathered to his people—paralleling Isaac's.
Isaac's uncertainty about his death day in Genesis 27:2 contrasts with his actual death here, underscoring mortality.
Job 5:26 promises coming to the grave 'at a full age, like a sheaf of grain' — Isaac's death as 'full of days' illustrates exactly this picture of a completed, ripe life.
In Numbers 20:24, Aaron's death uses this same 'gathered to his people' phrase — a shared biblical euphemism for dying.
1 Chronicles 23:1 describes David the same way — 'old and full of days' — echoing the language used for Isaac's peaceful death.
In 1 Chronicles 29:28, David dies 'old and full of days' — the same phrase applied to Isaac, marking a life completed.