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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.” צחר _tshochar_,...
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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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ABRAHAM. This is not the purchase referred to in Genesis 33:19 and
Acts 7:16. Act 7:80 years between this purchase and Jacob's. See note
on Acts 7:16.
BEFORE ALL. Some Codices with Samaritan Pentateu...
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_all that went in at_ See note on Genesis 23:10. The necessary
witnesses of the transaction. There is no document to be attested....
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DISCOURSE: 38
ABRAHAM PURCHASING A BURYING-PLACE IN CANAAN
Genesis 23:17. _And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which
was before Mamre, the field, and the care which was therein, and all...
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BEFORE ALL THAT WENT IN AT THE GATE— See Genesis 23:10 and ch.
Genesis 19:1. The authors of the Universal History observe, that gates
of cities in those days, and for many centuries after, were the pl...
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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 a...
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_UNTO ABRAHAM FOR A POSSESSION IN THE PRESENCE OF THE CHILDREN OF
HETH, BEFORE ALL THAT WENT IN AT THE GATE OF HIS CITY._
The field of Ephron was made sure unto Abraham for a possession. This
is the...
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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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לְ אַבְרָהָ֥ם לְ מִקְנָ֖ה לְ עֵינֵ֣י
בְנֵי ־חֵ֑ת בְּ כֹ֖ל בָּאֵ֥י שַֽׁעַר
־עִירֹֽו׃...
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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 t...
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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 wh...
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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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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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UNTO ABRAHAM FOR A POSSESSION,.... To be enjoyed by him and his for
ever, as his own property, being purchased by his money:
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE CHILDREN OF HETH; they being witnesses of the
barga...
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Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth,
before all that went in at the gate of his city.
Ver. 18. _Unto Abraham for a possession._] Thus Abraham, as a
purchaser, had so...
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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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The Burial of Sarah...
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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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14-20 Prudence, as well as justice, directs us to be fair and open in
our dealings; cheating bargains will not bear the light. Abraham,
without fraud or delay, pays the money. He pays it at once in f...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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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 23:18 Abraham H85 possession H4736 presence H5869 sons H1121
Heth H2845 in H935 (H8802) gate H8179 city H5892
ALL - GENESIS 34:20; RUTH 4:1; JEREMIAH 32:12...
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‘So the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was before
Mamre, the field and the cave which was in it, and all the trees that
were in the field, that were in all the border of it round about,...
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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 t...
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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 (Genes...
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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 thirt...
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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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all. Genesis 34:20 Ruth 4:1 Jeremiah 32:12...