Question: Did Abraham die or was he taken directly to Heaven?
Answer: He died. (Genesis 25:8)
Comments: Abraham died at the age of 175. He was buried by his two previously estranged sons, Isaac and Ishamel, in the family tomb - the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.
Abraham breathed his last and died in a ripe old age, an old man and satisfied with life; and he was gathered to his people. (Genesis 25:8, NASB)
The only two Biblical people to not experience natural death were Enoch (Genesis 5:23-24) and Elijah (II Kings 2:1-14).
Note: This image of Abraham's death was painted Johann Wilhelm Schirmer (1807-1863). Schirmer painted "Twelve Scenes from the History of Abraham". The paintings hang in the National Gallery at Berlin.
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