Genesis 23:2
And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba, the same, is Hebron in the land of Canaan,—and Abraham went in to wail for Sarah and to weep for her.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
1And the life of Sarah came to be, a hundred and twenty-seven years,—the years of the life of Sarah.
3And Abraham rose up from over the face of his dead,—and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying;
Cross References
Genesis 13:18So Abram moved his tent and came in and dwelt among the oaks of Mamre, which were in Hebron,—and built there an altar to Yahweh.
Genesis 24:67And Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother; thus he took Rebekah and she became his wife and he loved her,—and Isaac consoled himself, for the loss of his mother.
Genesis 50:1And Joseph fell upon the face of his father, and wept upon him and kissed him.
Numbers 13:22Yea they went up in the South and entered as far as Hebron, and there, were Ahiman Sheshai and Talmai descendants of the Anak. Now, Hebron, was built seven years, before Zoan of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 34:8And the sons of Israel bewailed Moses in the waste plains of Moab thirty days,—then were completed the wailing-days of the mourning for Moses.
Joshua 14:14For this cause, hath Hebron belonged unto Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenezzite, for an inheritance, unto this day,—because he wholly followed Yahweh, 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 →