Genesis 18:2 Genesis 19:1 Proverbs 18:24 Romans 12:17 Romans 12:18 Hebrews 12:14 1 Peter 3:8
- The Death of Sarah 2. ארבע קרית qı̂ryat - 'arba‛ , “Qirjath-arba‘, city of Arba.” ארבע 'arba‛ , “Arba‘, four.” 8. עפרון ‛ eprôn...
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...
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 und...
And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 hi...
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, &am...
Abraham bowed himself Thus returning them thanks for their kind offer, with all proper decency and respect. Religion not only allows, but requires...
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...
The Cave of Machpelah. B. C. 1857. 3...
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...
‘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...
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 )...
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...
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...
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...
Abraham Negotiates for a Burial-Place.
And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. This ceremonial, rising and bowing, on the part of Ab...
Abraham returns them thanks for their kind offer, with all possible decency and respect. Religion teaches good manners, and those abuse it that pla...
7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.