Genesis 23:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 23:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- 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.”...
Genesis 23:2 - 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 characteri...
Genesis 23:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Kirjath-arba. See notes on Numbers 13:22 , and App-25.
Genesis 23:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 op...
Genesis 23:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Sarah died in Kirjath-arba - Literally in the city of the four. So...
Genesis 23:2 - 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...
Genesis 23:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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. Sarah in Kirjath-arba - i:e., the city of Arba; an Anakite c...
Genesis 23:2 - 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.
Genesis 23:2 - 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 th...
Genesis 23:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

PURCHASE OF MACHPELAH Genesis 23:1-20 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...
Genesis 23:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Abraham Buys a Burial Place Genesis 23:1-20 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 sojourne...
Genesis 23:2 - 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...
Genesis 23:2 - 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 Patr...
Genesis 23:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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...
Genesis 23:2 - 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 d...
Genesis 23:2 - 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...
Genesis 23:2 - L. 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 typi...
Genesis 23:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Death of Sarah. B. C. 1857. 1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years ol...
Genesis 23:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy 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 thi...
Genesis 23:2 - 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 prev...
Genesis 23:2 - 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 t...
Genesis 23:2 - 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...
Genesis 23:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her Abraham in the house of mourning What lessons would such a man as Abraham learn in this house of mourning? I. THAT IN VIEW OF THE AWFUL F...
Genesis 23:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Genesis 23:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Death of Sarah
Genesis 23:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Kirjath-arba. Genesis 23:19 Genesis 13:18 Numbers 13:22 Joshua 10:39 Joshua 14:14 Joshua 14:15 Joshua 20:7 Judges 1:10 1 Samuel 20:31 2 Samuel 2:11 2 Samuel 5:3 2 Samuel 5:5...
Genesis 23:2 - 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 pro...

Genesis 23:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 23:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 23:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 23:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 23:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 23:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 23:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 23:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 23:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 23:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 23:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 23:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 23:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 23:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 23:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 23:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 23:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 23:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 23:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 23:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 23:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 23:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 23:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 23:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 23:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 23:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 23:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes