Genesis 23:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. ”

Genesis 23:7 - 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 23:7 - 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 23:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. And Abraham stood up. He declines the favor offered by the Hittites, as, some suppose, with this design, that he might not lay himself under obligation to them in so small a matter. But he...
Genesis 23:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
Genesis 23:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Genesis 23:7 - 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 23:7 - 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 23:7 - 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 23:7 - 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 23:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. Observe, Abraham considered himself but a wayfaring man, whilst others thought him a prince. See Luk...
Genesis 23:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Abraham stood up ,.... For, having made his speech to the children of Heth, he sat down waiting for an answer; or rather perhaps they obliged him to sit down, out of reverence to so great a pers...
Genesis 23:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, [even] to the children of Heth. Ver. 7. Abraham stood up and bowed himself, &c. ] It is very comely in Christians to salute w...
Genesis 23:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Abraham bowed himself Thus returning them thanks for their kind offer, with all proper decency and respect. Religion not only allows, but requires civility and good manners, and those gestures whic...
Genesis 23:7 - 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 23:7 - 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 23:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. Showed a civil respect to them in testimony of his thankfulness. Religion allows and requires civility, and those gestures which express it. To the people of the land; to the governors of the...
Genesis 23:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Abraham rose up and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the people of Heth, and he entered negotiations with them saying, “If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my si...
Genesis 23:7 - 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 23:7 - 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 23:7 - 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 23:7 - 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 23:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Abraham Negotiates for a Burial-Place.
Genesis 23:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 18:2 Genesis 19:1 Proverbs 18:24 Romans 12:17 Romans 12:18 Hebrews 12:14 1 Peter 3:8
Genesis 23:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Abraham returns them thanks for their kind offer, with all possible decency and respect. Religion teaches good manners, and those abuse it that place it in rudeness and clownishness.

Genesis 23:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 23:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 23:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 23:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 23:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 23:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 23:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 23:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 23:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 23:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 23:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 23:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 23:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 23:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 23:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 23:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 23:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 23:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 23:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 23:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 23:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 23:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 23:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 23:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes