Genesis 23:1

Forsooth Sarah lived an hundred and seven and twenty years,

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And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.

In Context

2and died in the city of Arba (or and then she died in Kiriatharba), which is Hebron, in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came to bewail and (to) beweep her.

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Matthew Henry on Genesis 23:1

Here is, I. Abraham a mourner for the death of Sarah, ver. 1, 2 . II. Abraham a purchaser of a burying-place for Sarah. 1. The purchase humbly proposed by Abraham, ver. 3, 4 . 2. Fairly treated of, and agreed to, with a great deal of mutual civility and respect, ver. 5-16 . 3. The purchase-money paid, ver. 16 . 4. The premises conveyed and secured to Abraham, ver. 17, 18 , 20 . 5. Sarah's funeral, ver. 19 . Read the whole commentary →

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