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Verse Genesis 23:20. _AND THE FIELD, C. WERE MADE SURE_] ויקם
_vaiyakom_, were _established, caused to stand_ the whole transaction
having been regulated according to all the forms of law then in use....
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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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MADE SURE. This was all strictly in conformity with the commercial
enactments of the Code of Khammurabi. See App-15.
BURYINGPLACE. All that Abraham possessed; hut in the faith and hope of
resurrectio...
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_were made sure_ This verse repeats and summarizes the transaction
which for all subsequent ages symbolized to the Israelites their
ancestral connexion with, and sacred rights in, the land of Canaan....
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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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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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God had promised that Abraham and his *descendants would own the whole
country. At this time, Abraham owned one field and one well. (See
Genesis 21:33 and the comment.)
CANAAN ~ the country where the...
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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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WERE MADE SURE UNTO ABRAHAM. — For the difficulties connected with
St. Stephen’s apparent confusion of this transaction with that
recorded in Genesis 33:19, see Note on Acts 7:16....
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וַ יָּ֨קָם הַ שָּׂדֶ֜ה וְ הַ מְּעָרָ֧ה
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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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And the field, and the cave that [is] therein, were made sure unto
Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace (f) by the sons of Heth.
(f) That is, all the people confirmed the sale....
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And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto
Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
I DETAIN the Reader but with two reflections on this Chapter. May the
H...
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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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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 THE FIELD, AND THE CAVE THAT IS THEREIN, WAS MADE SURE TO ABRAHAM
FOR A POSSESSION OF A BURYINGPLACE, BY THE SONS OF HETH. Who were
witnesses of the transaction between Abraham and Ephron; and thi...
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_And the field, and the cave that [is] therein, were made sure unto
Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth._
Ver. 20. _Were made sure_] sc., by witnesses, without writings: bu...
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_A burying-place_ It is worth noting, 1st, That a burying-place was
the _first_ spot of ground Abraham was possessed of in Canaan. 2d,
That it was the only piece of land he was ever possessed of, thou...
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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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14-20 Prudence, as well as justice, directs us to be fair and open in
our dealings; cheating bargains will not bear the light. Abraham,
without fraud or delay, pays the money. He pays it at once in f...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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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 23:20 field H7704 cave H4631 deeded H6965 (H8799) Abraham H85
sons H1121 Heth H2845 property H272 place...
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‘And after this Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the
field of Machpelah before Mamre (the same is Hebron) in the land of
Canaan. And the field and the cave that is in it were made sure to...
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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 buried Sarah his wife_
ABRAHAM BURYING HIS DEAD
I. CONSIDER HIM AS A MAN.
II. CONSIDER HIM AS A MAN OF BUSINESS.
1. His independence (Genesis 23:4; Genesis 23:6).
2. His exactness ...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 23:20 Abraham’s purchase of the FIELD and
CAVE meant that his descendants would always own this land. Abraham,
Isaac, Jacob, Rebekah, and Leah would later be buried in this cav...
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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 23:3. Stood up from before his dead.] “Abraham must be
thought of as ‘weeping over the face’ of Sarah (2 Kings 13:14),
and he rise sup _from the face of his dead._” (_Alford.)...
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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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were. Ruth 4:7 2 Samuel 24:24 Jeremiah 32:10 Jeremiah 32:11 for a. Ge
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A burying place — 'Tis worth noting, That a burying — place was
the first spot of ground Abraham was possessed of in Canaan. That it
was the only piece of land he was ever possessed of, tho' it was al...