Genesis 23:3

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

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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...
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...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

before his dead. Heb leaning over the face of his dead. Figure of speech Pleonasm.
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 proceed...
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 th...
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...
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

Stood up from before his dead ] To sit upon the ground was the posture of mourning: cp. Job 2:13 . Sons of Heth ] i.e. the Hittites: see on Genes...
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...
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

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 custo...
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...
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

To show his moderation in sorrow, and to take care for her burial, according to his duty.
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...
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...
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

³ And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,

Related Commentaries of Genesis 23:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 23:3