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Genesis 23:2

Kiriath-arba(the same is Hebron)] Cf. Genesis 35:27 (P). Kiriath-arbameans "the city of four," probably four confederate tribes. It was the earlier name of Hebron, which itself may mean "Confederation." The two names are mentioned in Judges 1:10. In Joshua 14:15; Joshua 15:13, where the early name is also mentioned, Arba is regarded as a proper name. For Hebron as one of the dwelling-places of Abraham, see Genesis 13:18.

Abraham came to mourn for Sarah As if, at the time of Sarah's death, Abraham had been residing in some different place. He came to "mourn"; and this word refers to the Oriental solemnity of wailing for the departed.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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

    KIRJATH-ARBA. See notes on Numbers 13:22, and App-25....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • 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

    CAME] rather, 'went in,' perhaps from his own tent to that of Sarah....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ תָּ֣מָת שָׂרָ֗ה בְּ קִרְיַ֥ת אַרְבַּ֛ע הִ֥וא...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • 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

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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,...

  • 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

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

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

    _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...

  • 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

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Death of Sarah...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • 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 23:2 Sarah H8283 died H4191 (H8799) Arba H7153 Hebron H2275) land H776 Canaan H3667 Abraham H85 came...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘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...

  • 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

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 23:2 KIRIATH-ARBA means “town of four” (see Joshua 14:15). It was later known as HEBRON (see...

  • 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 23:1. 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...

  • 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

    Kirjath-arba. Genesis 23:19 Genesis 13:18 Numbers 13:22 Joshua 10:39 J

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    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...

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