Genesis 23:9

money. Hebrew silver.

buryingplace. What Jacob bought (Genesis 33:19; Genesis 33:20) was for an altar.

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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...
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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me fo...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Cave of Machpelah— Machpelah, in the Hebrew, signifies double; and possibly the cave might be so called, either from having a double entrance,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me...
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 transacti...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

For a possession, etc.] RV 'in the midst of you for a possession of a buryingplace.' Abraham wished that the Hittites should be present as witnes...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The cave of Machpelah. — That is, the double cave, consisting probably of an outer and an inner compartment. As the land around is also called “t...
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 s...
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...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

That he may, give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath , which [is] in the end of his field ,.... The Targum of Jonathan renders it, "the doubl...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which [is] in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me fo...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Cave of Machpelah. B. C. 1857. 3...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Machpelah, which seems to be the proper name of the place, Genesis 23:17,19 , so called from its duplicity, because the cave was double, either...
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...
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 )...
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, actuat...
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 independen...
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 t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Abraham Negotiates for a Burial-Place.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

that he may give me the cave of Machpelah which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

much money. Heb. full money. Romans 12:17 Romans 13:8

⁹ That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as muchb money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 23:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 23:9