Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
Thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace - This verse strongly implies the immortality of the soul, and a state of separate existence. He was gathered to his fathers - introduced into the place where separate spirits are kept, waiting for the general resurrection. Two things seem to be distinctly marked here:
1.The soul of Abram should be introduced among the assembly of the first-born; Thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace.
2.His body should be buried after a long life, one hundred and seventy-five years, Genesis 25:7. The body was buried; the soul went to the spiritual world, to dwell among the fathers - the patriarchs, who had lived and died in the Lord. See note on Genesis 25:8.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Genesis 15:15:
Genesis 15:5
Exodus 6:28
1 Chronicles 7:21
Isaiah 57:2
Jeremiah 34:18
Acts 2:3
Acts 2:17
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