Genesis 23:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, ”

Genesis 23:3 - 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 23:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Abraham (a) stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, (a) That is, when he had mourned: so the godly may mourn if they do not pass measure, and the natural affectio...
Genesis 23:3 - 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 23:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

before his dead. Heb leaning over the face of his dead. Figure of speech Pleonasm.
Genesis 23:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. And spake unto the sons of Heth. Moses is silent respecting the rite used by Abraham in the burial of the body of his wife: but he proceeds, at great length, to recite the purchasing of th...
Genesis 23:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, Abraham stood up from before his dead - He had probably sat on the ground some days in token of sorrow, as the cust...
Genesis 23:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, Abraham stood up, ... Eastern people are always provided with family burying-places; even nomadic shepherds...
Genesis 23:3 - 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 23:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Abraham stood up from before his dead. — His first care on arriving at Hebron had been to prostrate himself in Sarah’s tent, and give utterance to his grief. Only after this he rises to prepare for...
Genesis 23:3 - 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 23:3 - 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 23:3 - 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 23:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Abraham stood up from before his dead ,.... The corpse of Sarah, by which he sat pensive and mourning, perhaps upon the ground, as was the custom of mourners, Job 1:13 ; where having sat awhile...
Genesis 23:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, Ver. 3. And Abraham stood up from before his dead. ] So she is called eight several times in this chapter; to...
Genesis 23:3 - 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 23:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Cave of Machpelah. B. C. 1857. 3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and sp...
Genesis 23:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To show his moderation in sorrow, and to take care for her burial, according to his duty.
Genesis 23:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Abraham rose up from before his dead and spoke to the children of Heth, saying, “I am a stranger and a sojourner with you. Give me a possession of a burial place with you, that I may bury my dea...
Genesis 23:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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. ” (...
Genesis 23:3 - 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 23:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 exa...
Genesis 23:3 - 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 23:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
Genesis 23:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Heth. Genesis 23:5 Genesis 23:7 Genesis 10:15 Genesis 25:10 Genesis 27:46 Genesis 49:30 1 Samuel 26:6 2 Samuel 23:39

Genesis 23:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 23:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 23:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 23:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 23:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 23:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 23:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 23:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 23:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 23:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 23:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 23:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 23:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 23:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 23:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 23:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 23:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 23:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 23:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 23:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 23:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 23:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 23:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 23:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge