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Verse Genesis 23:2. _SARAH DIED IN KIRJATH-ARBA_] Literally _in the
city of_ _the four_. Some suppose this place was called the _city of
the four_ because it was the burial place of _Adam, Abraham, I...
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- The Death of Sarah
2. ארבע קרית _qı̂ryat_-_'arba‛_, “Qirjath-arba‘, city
of Arba.” ארבע _'arba‛_, “Arba‘, four.”
8. עפרון _‛__eprôn_, “‘Ephron, of the dust, or resembling
a calf.”...
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CHAPTER 23 THE DEATH OF SARAH
_ 1. Sarah dies (Genesis 23:1)_
2. The grave obtained (Genesis 23:3)
3. The burial of Sarah (Genesis 23:19)
We call the attention to the typical meaning of the death
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GENESIS 23. ABRAHAM PURCHASES THE CAVE OF MACHPELAH AS A BURYING-PLACE
OF SARAH. This chapter belongs to P, as is shown by its legal
precision and the wordiness of its style, by numerous characteristi...
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KIRJATH-ARBA. See notes on Numbers 13:22, and App-25....
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_Kiriath-arba_(_the same is Hebron_)] Cf. Genesis 35:27 (P).
_Kiriath-arba_means "the city of four," probably four confederate
tribes. It was the earlier name of Hebron, which itself may mean
"Confede...
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ABRAHAM CAME TO MOURN— Not _came_ from any particular place, or
tent, as some would have it; but _went forth,_ ויבא _vaiabo,_ to
make a public mourning, or funeral lamentation for this faithful and
lo...
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PART THIRTY-FIVE
THE STORY OF ABRAHAM: HIS PROVISIONS FOR POSTERITY
Genesis 23:1 to Genesis 25:18
1. _Provision of a Burial Place_ (Genesis 23:1-20)
1 And the life of Sarah was a hundred and seven
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_AND SARAH DIED IN KIRJATH-ARBA; THE SAME IS HEBRON IN THE LAND OF
CANAAN: AND ABRAHAM CAME TO MOURN FOR SARAH, AND TO WEEP FOR HER._
SARAH IN KIRJATH-ARBA - i:e., the city of Arba; an Anakite chief....
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DEATH OF SARAH AND PURCHASE OF THE BURYINGPLACE OF MACHPELAH BY
ABRAHAM
This section is from the Priestly source and dwells on the legal
transaction....
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CAME] rather, 'went in,' perhaps from his own tent to that of Sarah....
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 23
ABRAHAM BUYS A FIELD
V1 Sarah lived for 127 years. That was the number of years of her
life. V2 Sarah died in Kiriath-arba in the country that...
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KIRJATH-ARBA; THE SAME IS HEBRON. — This was a very ancient city,
built seven years before Zoan in Egypt (Numbers 13:22), probably by a
tribe of Semites on their way to the Delta. It lies upon the ver...
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וַ תָּ֣מָת שָׂרָ֗ה בְּ קִרְיַ֥ת
אַרְבַּ֛ע הִ֥וא...
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PURCHASE OF MACHPELAH
Genesis 23:1
IT may be supposed to be a needless observation that our life is
greatly influenced by the fact that it speedily and certainly ends in
death. But it might be intere...
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ABRAHAM BUYS A BURIAL PLACE
Genesis 23:1
Death is an ever-constant monitor that this world is not our home. We
rise up from before our dead to confess that we are only strangers and
sojourners on the...
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We now see Abraham in the midst of personal sorrow, which reveals his
character in a remarkable way.
Sarah, who had ever been to him a princess, was now taken from his
side, which meant the loss of th...
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SARAH'S DEATH
Sarah died in Kirjath Arba, which was known to the Jews as Hebron, at
the age of one hundred twenty-seven (Genesis 23:1-2). Peter considers
her to be the mother of all faithful women who...
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City. Hebrew, Cariath arbah, Josue xiv. 15. --- Which is Hebron.
Serarius thinks it took its name from the society (cherber) between
Abraham and the princes of the city. Hebron the son of Caleb posses...
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And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of
Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
Genesis 50:10; Acts 8:2. How suited the observation of the Patriarch,...
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We have had hitherto God's account of that which He had made; then the
trial and utter ruin of the creature, with the revelation of divine
mercy in Christ the Lord. We have had in fine the judgment of...
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2._And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba_. It appears from Joshua 15:54, that
this was the more ancient name of the city, which afterwards began to
be called Hebron. But there is a difference of opinion resp...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22, 23, AND 24.
But on this introduction of the heir, he necessarily becomes the main
subject; and chapter 22 opens with it: "It came to pass after these
thin...
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AND SARAH DIED IN KIRJATHARBA,.... Which was so called, either, as
Jarchi says, from the four Anakims or giants that dwelt here,
Joshua 15:13; or else, as the same writer observes, from the four
coup...
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And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same [is] Hebron in the land of
Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
Ver. 2. _And Sarah died._] The Jews would persuade us that the dev...
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_Sarah died in Kirjath-arba_, or _city of Arba_ So called, it seems,
from _Arba_, a giant, who lived and ruled in those parts, Joshua
14:15; Joshua 15:13. _Abraham came into Sarah's tent to mourn for...
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1 The age and death of Sarah.
3 The purchase of Machpelah,
19 where Sarah was buried.
1 AND Sarah was an hundred and seuen and twenty yeeres olde: these
were the yeeres of the life of Sarah.
2 And...
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ELEVENTH SECTION
_The sorrows and joys of Abraham’s domestic life. The account and
genealogy of those at home. Sarah’s death. Her burial-place at
Hebron; the seed of the future inheritance of Canaan....
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THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF SARAH
The time arrives for Sarah's death at the age of 127 years. This
illustrates another lesson as regards the aftermath of the sacrifice
of the Lord Jesus. Sarah is typical...
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1-13 The longest life must shortly come to a close. Blessed be God
that there is a world where sin, death, vanity, and vexation cannot
enter. Blessed be his name, that even death cannot part believer...
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KIRJATH-ARBA, or, _the city of Arba; _ so called probably from a giant
or great man called Arba, who lived and ruled in those parts. See
JOSHUA 14:15, JOSHUA 15:13. It is objected against this scriptu...
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This little section of inspiration furnishes much sweet and profitable
instruction to the soul. In it the Holy Spirit sets before us a
beautiful exhibition of the mode in which the man of faith should...
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Genesis 23:2 Sarah H8283 died H4191 (H8799) Arba H7153 Hebron H2275)
land H776 Canaan H3667 Abraham H85 came...
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‘And Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron) in the land of
Canaan, and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.'
We are not told why Sarah happened to be in Hebron. It had previou...
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CONTENTS: Death of Sarah. Burial in cave of Machpelah.
CHARACTERS: Sarah, Abraham, sons of Heth, Ephron.
CONCLUSION: Although the man of faith knows that in the resurrection
glory he shall be heir to...
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Genesis 23:4. _A burying-place._ Abraham believed in a future state;
therefore he, as well as the other patriarchs, buried his dead.
Joseph, actuated by this belief, gave commandment for his bones to...
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_Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her_
ABRAHAM IN THE HOUSE OF MOURNING
What lessons would such a man as Abraham learn in this house of
mourning?
I. THAT IN VIEW OF THE AWFUL FACT O...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 23:2 KIRIATH-ARBA means “town of four”
(see Joshua 14:15). It was later known as HEBRON (see...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 23:1 Upon the death of Sarah, Abraham buys a
cave in Hebron as a burial place. By acquiring this land, Abraham
confirms that his descendants are to be associated with the land...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 23:1. The years of the life of Sarah.] Heb. pl. _lives._
Probably used as the plural of eminence. Some of the Jewish expositors
refer the expression to three stages in the li...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 23:1
AND SARAH WAS AN HUNDRED AND SEVEN AND TWENTY YEARS OLD (literally,
and _the lives of Sarah were an hundred and twenty and seven years_);_
_so that Isaac must have been thirty...
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And so Sarah was a hundred and twenty-seven years old. And she died in
Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham
came to mourn for Sarah (Genesis 23:1-2),
Now evidently Abrah...
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Kirjath-arba. Genesis 23:19 Genesis 13:18 Numbers 13:22 Joshua 10:39 J
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Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep — He did not only
perform the ceremonies of mourning according to the custom of those
times, but did sincerely lament the great loss he had, and gave proof...