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Verse Genesis 23:15. _THE LAND IS WORTH FOUR HUNDRED SHEKELS OF
SILVER_] Though the words _is worth_ are not in the text, yet they are
necessarily expressed here to adapt the Hebrew to the idiom of o...
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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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WHAT IS THAT. Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6....
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_worth four hundred shekels of silver_ About £ 55. See note on
Genesis 20:16. On the Hebrew value of a _shekel_, cf. Exodus 30:13;
Ezekiel 45:12. In...
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FOUR HUNDRED SHEKELS, &C.— Money, and pieces of money, have been
mentioned before, but this is the first place in which _shekels_ are
mentioned. Prideaux, who has given us the best estimation of Hebre...
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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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_MY LORD, HEARKEN UNTO ME: THE LAND IS WORTH FOUR HUNDRED SHEKELS OF
SILVER; WHAT IS THAT BETWIXT ME AND THEE? BURY THEREFORE THY DEAD._
The land is worth four hundred shekels, ... - as if Ephron had...
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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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FOUR HUNDRED SHEKELS OF SILVER] Reckoning the shekel at half-a-crown,
this would be about £50, but the purchasing power of silver was much
greater in those days....
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Ephron said that the price was 400 *shekels of silver. That was a very
big price. But Abraham paid it and he did not argue.
V17–18 So Abraham became the owner of the field that had belonged
to Ephron...
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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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THE LAND IS WORTH... — Our version misses the courtliness of
Ephron’s answer, who only fixes the price indirectly, saying,
“Land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that betwixt me
and thee?...
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אֲדֹנִ֣י שְׁמָעֵ֔נִי אֶרֶץ֩
אַרְבַּ֨ע מֵאֹ֧ת שֶֽׁקֶל...
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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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My lord, hearken unto me: the land [is worth] four hundred (e) shekels
of silver; what [is] that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy
dead.
(e) The common shekel is about 20 pence, so then 400 she...
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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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MY LORD, HEARKEN UNTO ME,.... Since it is your mind to buy the field,
and not receive it as a gift, then hear what I have to say as to the
value of it:
THE LAND [IS WORTH] FOUR HUNDRED SHEKELS OF SIL...
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And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, Gen 23:15 My lord,
hearken unto me: the land [is worth] four hundred shekels of silver;
what [is] that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
Ver....
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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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He speaks of the common shekel, which many value at fifteen pence of
English money; but others, more probably, at two shillings and
sixpence, rightly, as I conceive, supposing that this was of the sam...
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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 23:15 lord H113 listen H8085 (H8798) land H776 four H702
hundred H3967 shekels H8255 silver H3701 between...
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‘And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, “My lord, hear me. A
piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that
between me and you. Therefore bury your dead ”.'
Ephron seemingly off...
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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 23:11 Although Ephron first offers the field
and cave to Abraham for free, this may not have been his true
intention. The second time he offers it, he casually mentions what he...
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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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is worth. shekels. Exodus 30:15 Ezekiel 45:12...
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The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver — About fifty
pounds of our money, but what is that between me and thee? — He
would rather oblige his friend than have so much money....