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Genesis 23:3

And Abraham stoode vp fro the sight of his corse, and talked with the sonnes of Heth, saying:

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

2And Sara dyed in Ciriath arba, the same is Hebron, in the lande of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourne for Sara, and to weepe for her.

4I am a straunger and a foriner amongest you: geue me a possession to bury in with you, that I may bury my corse out of my sight.

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Cross References

Genesis 23:5And the chyldren of Heth aunswered Abraham, saying vnto hym:

Genesis 25:10Whiche fielde Abraham bought of the sonnes of Heth: there was Abraham buryed, and Sara his wyfe.

Genesis 49:30In the caue that is in the fielde of Machpelah, which is before Mamre in the lande of Chanaan, which Abraham bought with the fielde of Ephron the Hethite for a possession to bury in.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 23:2-3

The Death of Sarah. ( b. c. 1857.) 1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. 2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. We have here, 1. Sarah's age, v. 1 . Almost forty years before, she had called herself old, ch. xviii. 12 . Old people will die never the sooner, but may die the better, for reckoning themselves old. 2. Her death, v. 2 . The longest liver must die… Read the whole commentary →

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