Genesis 23:3

And Abraham rose up from over the face of his dead,—and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2And 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.

4A sojourner and settler, am I with you,—Give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, That I may bury my dead, from before me.

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Cross References

Genesis 23:5And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him:

Genesis 25:10the field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth,—there, was buried Abraham, with Sarah his wife.

Genesis 49:30in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah which is over against Mamre, in the land of Canaan,—which Abraham bought, along with the field, from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace:—

2 Samuel 23:39Uriah, the Hittite, In all, thirty and seven.

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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