Genesis 15:15

go to thy fathers i.e. depart in death to join thy forefathers in the place of departed spirits, i.e. Sheôl. Cf. Genesis 47:30, "when I sleep with my fathers"; Genesis 49:33, "was gathered unto his people."

a good old age See for the fulfilment of this promise, Genesis 25:7-8. To live to a good old age and to depart this life in peace, was, as is shewn in the typical lives of the patriarchs, regarded as the reward of true piety. Cf. Job 5:26, "Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in its season"; Proverbs 9:11; Proverbs 10:27.