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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Genesis 23:6

Hear us, my lord: here is a conjunction of the plural and singular number, because though but one person spake, yet he spake in the name of the whole community. A mighty prince; Heb. a prince of God. Great and excellent persons or things are oft expressed by adding the name of God. See Genesis 13:10. Or, by prince of God, they understand a prince favoured and beloved of God. In the choice of our sepulchres; for each family had a distinct sepulchre.

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See also Genesis 23:6 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Genesis 23:6. _THOU ART A MIGHTY PRINCE_] נשיא אלהים _nesi Elohim, a_ _prince of God _- a person whom we know to be Divinely favoured, and whom, in consequence, we deeply respect and reverence....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - 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.”...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MIGHTY PRINCE. Hebrew. _prince of El._ Genitive of relation (App-17), for Adjective. Compare Psalms 36:7; Psalms 80:10....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _my lord_ A title of respect, _Adoni_(see note on Genesis 18:3). LXX Κύριε, Lat. _domine_. _a mighty prince_ Heb. _a prince of God_. The Hebrew idiom for the superlative, "a prince worthy to rank with...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE CHILDREN OF HETH ANSWERED, &C.— The people of Heth no sooner hear, than they grant with one voice, and in the most respectful manner, the petition of Abraham. They call him a _mighty prince,_ in t...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _HEAR US, MY LORD: THOU ART A MIGHTY PRINCE AMONG US: IN THE CHOICE OF OUR SEPULCHRES BURY THY DEAD; NONE OF US SHALL WITHHOLD FROM THEE HIS SEPULCHRE, BUT THAT THOU MAYEST BURY THY DEAD._ Thou art a...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    After true Eastern custom, there was excessive courtesy in the transaction, but a large sum was in the end required. 'In Damascus, when a purchaser makes a lower offer than can be accepted, he is answ...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    A MIGHTY PRINCE. — Heb., _a prince of God._ Comp. “wind of God” (Genesis 1:2); “wrestlings of God” (Genesis 30:8); “mountains of God” (Psalms 36:6); “cedars of God” ...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    שְׁמָעֵ֣נוּ ׀ אֲדֹנִ֗י נְשִׂ֨יא אֱלֹהִ֤ים אַתָּה֙ בְּ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Hear us, my lord: thou [art] a (b) mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. (b) Th...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Prince of God, powerful and holy, and worthy of respect. (Haydock) --- A great prince. See Acts vii. 5, where St. Stephen says, that God did not give Abraham a foot of land, meaning as an inheritance;...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    6._Thou art a mighty prince among us _(453) The Hittites gratuitously offer a burying-place to Abraham wherever he might please to choose one. They testify that they do this, as a tribute to his virtu...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    HEAR US, MY LORD,.... One of them spake in the name of the rest, who calls Abraham not "our lord", but "my lord"; addressing him very honourably, and desires he would hear what he had to say on the be...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Hear us, my lord: thou [art] a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. Ver. 6. _T...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Thou art a prince of God_ So it is in the original, not only _great_, but _good._ He called _himself a stranger_ and a _sojourner_, they call him a great prince; and well they might, considering his...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    ABRAHAM NEGOTIATES FOR A BURIAL-PLACE....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Hear us, my lord; thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchers bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulcher, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. The narrative...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    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....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    A MIGHTY PRINCE: _ Heb._ a Prince of God...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 23:6 Hear H8085 (H8798) lord H113 mighty H430 prince H5387 us H8432 bury H6912 (H8798) dead...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying, “Hear us, my lord. You are a mighty prince among us. In the choice of our sepulchres bury your dead. None of us will withhold from you his sepulchre...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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 ...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 23:6 The Hittites recognize Abraham’s special relationship with God and give him the title PRINCE OF GOD. ⇐...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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.)...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    my lord. Genesis 18:12 Genesis 24:18 Genesis 24:35 Genesis 31:35 Gene

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Thou art a prince of God among us — So the word is; not only great, but good. He called himself a stranger and a sojourner, they call him a great prince....

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