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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 23:1

XXIII.
DEATH AND BURIAL OF SARAH.

(1) Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old. — Sarah is the only woman whose age at her death is mentioned in the Bible, an honour doubtless given her as the ancestress of the Hebrew race (Isaiah 51:2). As she was ninety at Isaac’s birth, he would now be thirty-seven years of age.

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See also Genesis 23:1 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER XXIII _The age and death of Sarah_, 1, 2. _Abraham mourns for her, and requests a burial-place from the_ _sons of Heth_, 24. _They freely offer him the choice of all their sepulchres_, 5,...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • 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

    SARAH. The only woman whose age is mentioned in the Bible. in Genesis 22:23 Rebekah is mentioned: one sun rising before the other sets....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the life of Sarah_ Sarah died at the age of 127, 37 years after the birth of Isaac. Cf. Genesis 17:1; Genesis 17:17; Genesis 21:5 (P)....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    SARAH WAS AN HUNDRED, &C.— It has been observed, that Sarah is the only woman whose entire age is recorded in Scripture. She died in _Kirjath-arba,_ or the city of Arba. It is the same which was after...

  • 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

    _AND SARAH WAS AN HUNDRED AND SEVEN AND TWENTY YEARS OLD: THESE WERE THE YEARS OF THE LIFE OF SARAH._ Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old, ... - the only woman in Scripture whose age,...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּהְיוּ֙ חַיֵּ֣י שָׂרָ֔ה מֵאָ֥ה שָׁנָ֛ה ו

  • 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

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  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

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

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  • 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

    The Death of Sarah...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • 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

    GENESIS CHAPTER 23 Sarah's age and death; Abraham mourns, GENESIS 23:1,2. He speaks to the sons of Heth for a burying-place, GENESIS 23:3,4. They offer him the choice of their sepulchres, Genesis 23:5...

  • 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 23:1 Sarah H8283 hundred H3967 H8141 twenty-seven H6242 H7651 H8141 years H8141 H2416 years...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And the life of Sarah was one hundred and twenty seven years. These were the years of the life of Sarah.' As mentioned of ages before, this age may not necessarily be intended literally (see on Genes...

  • 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

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    A.M. 2144. B.C. 1860. Sarah. an. Genesis 17:17...

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    GENESIS 23 — How could the sons of Heth have been in Hebron in 2050 B.C. when their kingdom was in what is now modern Turkey? PROBLEM: Heth was the progenitor of the Hittites, whose kingdom was locate...

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