“ And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, ”
- 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. 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...
children. Hebrew. sons, and so elsewhere.
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
The children of Heth answered, &c.— The people of Heth no sooner hear, than they grant with one voice, and in the most respectful manner, the petition of Abraham. They call him a mighty prince...
I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. No JFB commentary on these verses.
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.
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...
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...
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...
And the children of Heth answered Abraham ,.... In a very civil and respectful manner: saying unto him , as follows:
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, Ver. 5. And the children of Heth answered Abraham. ] "With good words and comfortable". as Zec 1:13 "Be pitiful, be courteous". 1Pe 3...
The children of Heth answered From Abraham's treating with the people of Heth, and from many other transactions related in the Scriptures, it seems as if kings and magistrates in those days did not...
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...
The Cave of Machpelah. B. C. 1857. 3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and sp...
No text from Poole on this verse.
‘And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying, “Hear us, my lord. You are a mighty prince among us. In the choice of our sepulchres bury your dead. None of us will withhold from you his sepulchr...
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 23:4 . 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...
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...
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...
Abraham Negotiates for a Burial-Place.
Genesis 23:5