Genesis 23:1

And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.

The subject of this Chapter is that common place subject which belongs to our nature universally, and forms a part in the history of all persons and families. Death here we are told makes an inroad into the house of Abraham, and takes away Sarah, the desire of his eyes, with a stroke. The Patriarch's concern for the purchase of a burying ground is here related; his treaty for that purpose with the sons of Heth; his agreement with them: the place obtained: and the funeral of Sarah is observed with all due solemnity.