創世記 23:1-3 CUNPTS

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Genesis 23:1-20

Abraham Buys a Burial Place Genesis 23:1-20 Death is an ever-constant monitor that this world is not our home. We rise up from before our dead to confess that we are only strangers and sojourners on the earth. Though the whole country, by God’s deed and gift, belonged to Abraham, it had not as yet been made over; hence the necessity for this deliberate purchase with all the stately formalities of the leisured East. Abraham’s insistence on buying this grave, and the care with which the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Genesis 23:1-20

We now see Abraham in the midst of personal sorrow, which reveals his character in a remarkable way. Sarah, who had ever been to him a princess, was now taken from his side, which meant the loss of the strongest human prop to Abraham's faith. It must be remembered that she had been with him along the whole pathway of obedience from Ur of the Chaldees. She had shared his hours of darkness and his hours of light. Doubtless at times she had been a cause of fear and trembling to him, and his very... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 23:1

‘And the life of Sarah was one hundred and twenty seven years. These were the years of the life of Sarah.’ As mentioned of ages before, this age may not necessarily be intended literally (see on Genesis 5:0). It is one of those ending in seven as with Ishmael (Genesis 25:17) and Jacob (Genesis 47:28). Otherwise dates connected with Abraham and his descendants tend to end in nought or five. But it does indicate a good age. Ishmael and Jacob were distinctive in dying outside the land of promise.... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 23:2

‘And Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.’ We are not told why Sarah happened to be in Hebron. It had previously been a place occupied by the family tribe and a sanctuary had been established there (Genesis 13:18; Genesis 14:13; Genesis 18:1 with Genesis 23:19). She may well have been visiting connections there, possibly with the purpose of maintaining the old alliances. “Came to mourn for Sarah and to... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 23:3-4

‘And Abraham rose up from before his dead and spoke to the children of Heth, saying, “I am a stranger and a sojourner with you. Give me a possession of a burial place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight”.’ Abraham seeks out the leadership of the people of the land at the city gate (Genesis 23:10). There the leaders, who know his purpose, are gathered in their official function to consider his request. This is a unique moment in Abraham’s life. He seeks official ownership of part... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 23:1-20

Genesis 23. Abraham Purchases the Cave of Machpelah as a Burying-place of Sarah.— This chapter belongs to P, as is shown by its legal precision and the wordiness of its style, by numerous characteristic expressions, and by the later references in P ( Genesis 25:9 f., Genesis 49:29-Jonah :, Genesis 50:13). It shows how Abraham acquired property by purchase in Canaan, an earnest of ultimate possession of the whole, and perhaps inculcates by his example the duty of acquiring a family grave, to... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 23:1

This is the peculiar honour of Sarah the mother of the faithful, 1 Peter 3:6, to have the years of her life numbered in Scripture. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 23:2

Kirjath-arba, or, the city of Arba; so called probably from a giant or great man called Arba, who lived and ruled in those parts. See Joshua 14:15; Joshua 15:13. It is objected against this scripture, that this city was not called Hebron till Joshua's time, Joshua 14:15; but this is a mistake, Joshua doth not say so, but only that the name of Hebron before, ( or in old time), as this very particle is rendered, Deuteronomy 2:20, and elsewhere. So the sense is, the most ancient name of it was... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 23:3

To show his moderation in sorrow, and to take care for her burial, according to his duty. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 23:1-2

CRITICAL NOTES.—Genesis 23:1. The years of the life of Sarah.] Heb. pl. lives. Probably used as the plural of eminence. Some of the Jewish expositors refer the expression to three stages in the life of Sarah.—Genesis 23:2. Hebron.] Same as Kirjath-Arba. “Here Abraham had resided, and, having been absent some forty years, had returned. This was a most ancient city, the earliest seat of civilised life, having been built seven years before Zoan, the oldest capital of Egypt (Numbers 13:22). It is... read more

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Genesis 23:1-20

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Genesis 23:1-20

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 23:1

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 23:2

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 23:3-4

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 23:1-20

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 23:1

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 23:2

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 23:3

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 23:1-2

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