Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on Genesis 25:8 records the death of Abraham in a phrase so compact it can be read in five seconds and pondered for a lifetime. "Abraham expired, and died in a good old age, aged and satisfied with all good."

Satisfied with all good. Saveya kol tava in the Aramaic. Not satisfied with all things. Not satisfied with all successes. Satisfied with all good. The Targum is drawing a distinction the ancient world cared about. A person can have everything and still die hungry. Abraham had less than some kings and more than most — and he went into the grave full.

Then the Targum adds a detail the plain Torah does not. "Also Ishmael wrought repentance in his days, and afterwards was gathered to his people." The note floats back from the future. Ishmael, the son Abraham had once had to send away with Hagar, eventually turned back toward his father's God. The Targum cannot let the family story end estranged. It fixes the reconciliation before the burial.

This is a small kindness, but a large theology. The Jewish tradition will not allow even the side branches of Abraham's house to die cut off. Teshuvah — returning — is always possible, even for a brother who has walked into the desert.

Abraham dies full because the people he loves are, eventually, all on their way home. That is the only satisfaction that deserves the word good.