Genesis 23:2
When she died in Kiriath-arba (that is Hebron), in the land of Canaan, Abraham went to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
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1Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old.
3When Abraham rose up from the presence of his dead, he said to the Hittites,
Cross References
Genesis 13:18Then Abram moved his tent and lived in the oak grove of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar to the Lord.
Genesis 24:67Isaac brought Rebekah to the tent of Sarah his mother, and she became his wife; and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
Genesis 50:1Joseph fell upon his father’s face and wept over him and kissed him.
Joshua 14:14Hebron became the property of Caleb the son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite, and still is in his family – for he was devoted to the Lord, the God of Israel.
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 →