The story
- Koine Greek · derived fromπροσετέθη πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας αὐτοῦ
- Biblical Hebrew · derived fromנֶאֱסַף אֶל־אֲבוֹתָיו
- English todaybe gathered to one's fathers
From various passages in the Bible, including Judges 2:10, and 1 Maccabees 2:69 in the Apocrypha (see the quotations), from From Biblical Hebrew נֶאֱסַף אֶל־אֲבוֹתָיו (neʾĕsap ʾel-ʾăḇôṯâw) and Koine Greek προσετέθη πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας αὐτοῦ (prosetéthē pròs toùs patéras autoû, Apocrypha).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.