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Genesis 23:1 open_in_new
Sarah. The only woman whose age is mentioned in the Bible. in Genesis 22:23 Rebekah is mentioned: one sun rising before the other sets.
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Genesis 23:2 open_in_new
Kirjath-arba. See notes on Numbers 13:22, and App-25.
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Genesis 23:3 open_in_new
before his dead. Heb leaning over the face of his dead. Figure of speech Pleonasm.
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Genesis 23:4 open_in_new
I am. Compare "thou art", Genesis 23:6.
stranger and. sojourner. Compare 1 Peter 2:11.Psalms 39:12.
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Genesis 23:5 open_in_new
children. Hebrew. sons, and so elsewhere.
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Genesis 23:6 open_in_new
mighty prince. Hebrew. prince of El. Genitive of relation (App-17), for Adjective. Compare Psalms 36:7; Psalms 80:10.
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Genesis 23:8 open_in_new
mind. soul. Hebrew. nephesh, App-13.
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Genesis 23:9 open_in_new
money. Hebrew silver.
buryingplace. What Jacob bought (Genesis 33:19; Genesis 33:20) was for an altar.
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Genesis 23:10 open_in_new
dwelt. Hebrew was sitting there.
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Genesis 23:11 open_in_new
give I. Hebrew have. given. Figure of speech Antimereia (of Verb), past for present.
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Genesis 23:13 open_in_new
wilt give. Figure of speech Ellipsis. Supply "hast given" from Genesis 23:11.
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Genesis 23:15 open_in_new
what is that. Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
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Genesis 23:18 open_in_new
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 Pentateuch have "even before all".
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Genesis 23:20 open_in_new
made sure. This was all strictly in conformity with the commercial enactments of the Code of Khammurabi. See App-15.
buryingplace. All that Abraham possessed; hut in the faith and hope of resurrection.