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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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_bowed himself_ Abraham's humble demeanour towards the people of the
land doubtless conforms to the elaborate usages of Oriental
bargaining. But it is also probably here emphatically recorded as
indic...
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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 ABRAHAM STOOD UP, AND BOWED HIMSELF TO THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND,
EVEN TO THE CHILDREN OF HETH._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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’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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וַ יָּ֧קָם אַבְרָהָ֛ם וַ
יִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ לְ עַם
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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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_Bowed down to the people. Adoravit, literally, adored. But this word
here, as well as in many other places in the Latin Scriptures, is used
to signify only an inferior honour and reverence paid to me...
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And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land,
even to the children of Heth.
Observe, Abraham considered himself but a wayfaring man, whilst others
thought him a prince. See Luke...
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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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7._And Abraham stood up_. He declines the favor offered by the
Hittites, as, some suppose, with this design, that he might not lay
himself under obligation to them in so small a matter. But he rather...
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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 ABRAHAM STOOD UP,.... For, having made his speech to the children
of Heth, he sat down waiting for an answer; or rather perhaps they
obliged him to sit down, out of reverence to so great a persona...
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And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land,
[even] to the children of Heth.
Ver. 7. _Abraham stood up and bowed himself, &c._] It is very comely
in Christians to salute willing...
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_Abraham bowed himself_ Thus returning them thanks for their kind
offer, with all proper decency and respect. Religion not only allows,
but requires civility and good manners, and those gestures which...
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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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And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land, even
to the children of Heth. This ceremonial, rising and bowing, on the
part of Abraham signified that he deeply appreciated their co...
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ABRAHAM NEGOTIATES FOR A BURIAL-PLACE....
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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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i.e. Showed a civil respect to them in testimony of his thankfulness.
Religion allows and requires civility, and those gestures which
express it. TO THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND; to the governors of the peo...
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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 23:7 Abraham H85 up H6965 (H8799) bowed H7812 (H8691) people
H5971 land H776 sons H1121 Heth...
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‘And Abraham rose up and bowed himself to the people of the land,
even to the people of Heth, and he entered negotiations with them
saying, “If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my
sig...
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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 23:1 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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Abraham returns them thanks for their kind offer, with all possible
decency and respect. Religion teaches good manners, and those abuse it
that place it in rudeness and clownishness....