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 of the constancy of his affection. Therefore these two words are used, he came both to mourn and to weep.
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...
- 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.”...
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
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...
KIRJATH-ARBA. See notes on Numbers 13:22, and App-25....
_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...
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...
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
_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....
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....
CAME] rather, 'went in,' perhaps from his own tent to that of Sarah....
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...
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...
וַ תָּ֣מָת שָׂרָ֗ה בְּ קִרְיַ֥ת אַרְבַּ֛ע הִ֥וא...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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. It appears from Joshua 14:15 and Judges 1:10 that Hebron, one of the...
The Death of Sarah...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Genesis 23:2 Sarah H8283 died H4191 (H8799) Arba H7153 Hebron H2275) land H776 Canaan H3667 Abraham H85 came...
‘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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 23:2 KIRIATH-ARBA means “town of four” (see Joshua 14:15). It was later known as HEBRON (see...
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...
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...
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...
Kirjath-arba. Genesis 23:19 Genesis 13:18 Numbers 13:22 Joshua 10:39 J