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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....
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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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MIGHTY PRINCE. Hebrew. _prince of El._ Genitive of relation (App-17),
for Adjective. Compare Psalms 36:7; Psalms 80:10....
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_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...
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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...
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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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_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...
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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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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...
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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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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” ...
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שְׁמָעֵ֣נוּ ׀ אֲדֹנִ֗י נְשִׂ֨יא
אֱלֹהִ֤ים אַתָּה֙ בְּ...
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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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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...
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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;...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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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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...
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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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A MIGHTY PRINCE:
_ Heb._ a Prince of God...
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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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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....
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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 23:6 Hear H8085 (H8798) lord H113 mighty H430 prince H5387 us
H8432 bury H6912 (H8798) dead...
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‘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...
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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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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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my lord. Genesis 18:12 Genesis 24:18 Genesis 24:35 Genesis 31:35 Gene
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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....