King James Version
Genesis 23
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The Death of Sarah
And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.
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<strong>And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah....</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise ...
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XXIII.
DEATH AND BURIAL OF SARAH.
(1) **Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old.**—Sarah is the only woman whose age at her death is mentioned in the Bible, an honour doubtless given her as the ancestress of the Hebrew race (Isaiah 51:2). As she was ninety at Isaac’s birth, he would now be thirty-seven years of age.
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Chapter 23
Chapter Outline
The death of Sarah, Abraham applies for a burying-place.
(1-13)
Sarah's burying-place.
(14-20)
**Verses 1-13**
The longest life must shortly come to a close. Blessed be God that there is a world where sin, death, vanity, and vexation cannot enter. Blessed be his name, that even death cannot part believers from union with Christ. Those whom we mo...
Read full commentary →And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
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<strong>And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn ...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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(2) **Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron.**—This was a very ancient city, built seven years before Zoan in Egypt (Numbers 13:22), probably by a tribe of Semites on their way to the Delta. It lies upon the very border of the Negeb of Judah, about twenty-two miles south of Jerusalem. Originally it was named Kirjath-arba, and though Arba is called “the father of Anak” (Joshua 15:13), yet the literal me...
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CHAPTER 22 Ge 22:1-19. Offering Isaac.
**1. God did tempt Abraham--**not incite to sin (Jas 1:13), but try, prove--give occasion for the development of his faith (1Pe 1:7).
**and he said, ... Here I am--**ready at a moment's warning for God's service.
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Chapter 23
Chapter Outline
The death of Sarah, Abraham applies for a burying-place.
(1-13)
Sarah's burying-place.
(14-20)
**Verses 1-13**
The longest life must shortly come to a close. Blessed be God that there is a world where sin, death, vanity, and vexation cannot enter. Blessed be his name, that even death cannot part believers from union with Christ. Those whom we mo...
Read full commentary →And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
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<strong>And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise fulfillment.<br>...
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(3) **Abraham stood up from before his dead.**—His first care on arriving at Hebron had been to prostrate himself in Sarah’s tent, and give utterance to his grief. Only after this he rises to prepare for her burial.
**The sons of Heth.**—Up to this time we have read only of Amorites, Mamre and his toothers, at Hebron. It now appears that it was the property of the Hittites, a race who, while the I...
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**2. Take now thy son, &c.--**Every circumstance mentioned was calculated to give a deeper stab to the parental bosom. To lose his only son, and by an act of his own hand, too!--what a host of conflicting feelings must the order have raised! But he heard and obeyed without a murmur (Ga 1:16; Lu 14:26).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 23
Chapter Outline
The death of Sarah, Abraham applies for a burying-place.
(1-13)
Sarah's burying-place.
(14-20)
**Verses 1-13**
The longest life must shortly come to a close. Blessed be God that there is a world where sin, death, vanity, and vexation cannot enter. Blessed be his name, that even death cannot part believers from union with Christ. Those whom we mo...
Read full commentary →I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
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<strong>I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I ma...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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(4) **A possession of a buryingplace.**—While strangers might pasture their cattle upon the open downs, yet the consent of the natives seems to have been necessary before Abraham could occupy any spot permanently (Genesis 15:13; Genesis 20:15). He now wanted even more, and for the actual appropriation of any portion of the soil a public compact and purchase was required, which must be ratified not...
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**3. Abraham rose ... early, &c.--**That there might be no appearance of delay or reluctance on his part, he made every preparation for the sacrifice before setting out--the materials, the knife, and the servants to convey them. From Beer-sheba to Moriah, a journey of two days, he had the painful secret pent up in his bosom. So distant a place must have been chosen for some important reason. I...
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Chapter 23
Chapter Outline
The death of Sarah, Abraham applies for a burying-place.
(1-13)
Sarah's burying-place.
(14-20)
**Verses 1-13**
The longest life must shortly come to a close. Blessed be God that there is a world where sin, death, vanity, and vexation cannot enter. Blessed be his name, that even death cannot part believers from union with Christ. Those whom we mo...
Read full commentary →And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
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<strong>And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise fulfillment.<br><br>Central themes inclu...
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**4. on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, &c.--**Leaving the servants at the foot [Ge 22:5], the father and son ascended the hill, the one bearing the knife, and the other the wood for consuming the sacrifice [Ge 22:6]. But there was no victim; and to the question so naturally put by Isaac [Ge 22:7], Abraham contented himself by replying, "My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a ...
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Chapter 23
Chapter Outline
The death of Sarah, Abraham applies for a burying-place.
(1-13)
Sarah's burying-place.
(14-20)
**Verses 1-13**
The longest life must shortly come to a close. Blessed be God that there is a world where sin, death, vanity, and vexation cannot enter. Blessed be his name, that even death cannot part believers from union with Christ. Those whom we mo...
Read full commentary →Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. a mighty: Heb. a prince of God
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<strong>Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; ...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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(6) **A mighty prince.**—Heb., *a prince of God. *Comp. “wind of God” (Genesis 1:2); “wrestlings of God” (Genesis 30:8); “mountains of God” (Psalm 36:6); “cedars of God” (Psalm 80:10). So also “a sleep of Jehovah” for a deep sleep (1Samuel 26:12).
**In the choice of our sepulchres.**—The interview between Abraham and the Hittites is marked by the utmost courtesy on both sides, but it is a mistake ...
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Chapter 23
Chapter Outline
The death of Sarah, Abraham applies for a burying-place.
(1-13)
Sarah's burying-place.
(14-20)
**Verses 1-13**
The longest life must shortly come to a close. Blessed be God that there is a world where sin, death, vanity, and vexation cannot enter. Blessed be his name, that even death cannot part believers from union with Christ. Those whom we mo...
Read full commentary →And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
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<strong>And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth....</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise ful...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 23
Chapter Outline
The death of Sarah, Abraham applies for a burying-place.
(1-13)
Sarah's burying-place.
(14-20)
**Verses 1-13**
The longest life must shortly come to a close. Blessed be God that there is a world where sin, death, vanity, and vexation cannot enter. Blessed be his name, that even death cannot part believers from union with Christ. Those whom we mo...
Read full commentary →And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
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<strong>And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; he...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 23
Chapter Outline
The death of Sarah, Abraham applies for a burying-place.
(1-13)
Sarah's burying-place.
(14-20)
**Verses 1-13**
The longest life must shortly come to a close. Blessed be God that there is a world where sin, death, vanity, and vexation cannot enter. Blessed be his name, that even death cannot part believers from union with Christ. Those whom we mo...
Read full commentary →That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you. as much: Heb. full money
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<strong>That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as m...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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(9) **The cave of Machpelah.**—That is, *the double cave, *consisting probably of an outer and an inner compartment. As the land around is also called “the field of Machpelah” (Genesis 49:30; Genesis 1:13), some imagine that it was the valley that was double; but more probably’it took its name from the cavern. For a description of the Haram, within which the bones of Abraham and Sarah probably sti...
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Chapter 23
Chapter Outline
The death of Sarah, Abraham applies for a burying-place.
(1-13)
Sarah's burying-place.
(14-20)
**Verses 1-13**
The longest life must shortly come to a close. Blessed be God that there is a world where sin, death, vanity, and vexation cannot enter. Blessed be his name, that even death cannot part believers from union with Christ. Those whom we mo...
Read full commentary →And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, audience: Heb. ears
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<strong>And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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(10) **And Ephron dwelt among . . . —**Again a mistranslation. The Heb. is, *Ephron was sitting in the midst of the Hittites. *At these assemblies held at the gate of the city every free-born citizen had a right to be present, and matters were settled by common consent. As Ephron was the owner of the cave, his approval was necessary, and this Abraham treats as a favour, and requests that Ephron’s ...
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**9. Abraham built an altar, &c.--**Had not the patriarch been sustained by the full consciousness of acting in obedience to God's will, the effort would have been too great for human endurance; and had not Isaac, then upwards of twenty years of age displayed equal faith in submitting, this great trial could not have gone through.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 23
Chapter Outline
The death of Sarah, Abraham applies for a burying-place.
(1-13)
Sarah's burying-place.
(14-20)
**Verses 1-13**
The longest life must shortly come to a close. Blessed be God that there is a world where sin, death, vanity, and vexation cannot enter. Blessed be his name, that even death cannot part believers from union with Christ. Those whom we mo...
Read full commentary →Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
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<strong>Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the p...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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(11) **The field give I thee.**—Only the cave had! been mentioned, but for its quiet possession the land around was necessary. In the thrice repeated “give I it thee,” there is the same courtly idea as in Genesis 23:6, that they were not buying and selling, but making mutual presents.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 23
Chapter Outline
The death of Sarah, Abraham applies for a burying-place.
(1-13)
Sarah's burying-place.
(14-20)
**Verses 1-13**
The longest life must shortly come to a close. Blessed be God that there is a world where sin, death, vanity, and vexation cannot enter. Blessed be his name, that even death cannot part believers from union with Christ. Those whom we mo...
Read full commentary →And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
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<strong>And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land....</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise fulfillment.<br><br>Central themes inc...
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(12) **Abraham bowed down.**—This obeisance on the patriarch’s part is the Oriental method of returning thanks for the granting of a request; and so in Genesis 23:7. The next step is to fix the price.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**11-12. the angel ... called, &c.--**The sacrifice was virtually offered--the intention, the purpose to do it, was shown in all sincerity and fulness. The Omniscient witness likewise declared His acceptance in the highest terms of approval; and the apostle speaks of it as actually made (He 11:17; Jas 2:21).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 23
Chapter Outline
The death of Sarah, Abraham applies for a burying-place.
(1-13)
Sarah's burying-place.
(14-20)
**Verses 1-13**
The longest life must shortly come to a close. Blessed be God that there is a world where sin, death, vanity, and vexation cannot enter. Blessed be his name, that even death cannot part believers from union with Christ. Those whom we mo...
Read full commentary →And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
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<strong>And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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(13) **But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me.**—Heb., *But if thou wilt, I pray thee, hear me. *It expresses simply a strong desire that Ephron will listen to and grant his next request.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**11-12. the angel ... called, &c.--**The sacrifice was virtually offered--the intention, the purpose to do it, was shown in all sincerity and fulness. The Omniscient witness likewise declared His acceptance in the highest terms of approval; and the apostle speaks of it as actually made (He 11:17; Jas 2:21).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 23
Chapter Outline
The death of Sarah, Abraham applies for a burying-place.
(1-13)
Sarah's burying-place.
(14-20)
**Verses 1-13**
The longest life must shortly come to a close. Blessed be God that there is a world where sin, death, vanity, and vexation cannot enter. Blessed be his name, that even death cannot part believers from union with Christ. Those whom we mo...
Read full commentary →And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
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<strong>And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise fulfillment.<br><br>Central themes include God's uncon...
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**13-19. Abraham lifted up his eyes ... and behold ... a ram, &c.--**No method was more admirably calculated to give the patriarch a distinct idea of the purpose of grace than this scenic representation: and hence our Lord's allusion to it (Joh 8:56).
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**Verses 14-20**
Prudence, as well as justice, directs us to be fair and open in our dealings; cheating bargains will not bear the light. Abraham, without fraud or delay, pays the money. He pays it at once in full, without keeping any part back; and by weight, current money with the merchant, without deceit. See how anciently money was used for the help of trade, and how honestly it should be ...
Read full commentary →My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
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<strong>My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me ...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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(15) **The land is worth . . . —**Our version misses the courtliness of Ephron’s answer, who only fixes the price indirectly, saying, “Land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that betwixt me and thee?” The money amounts to about £50, no mean price, considering the high value of silver in those days.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**13-19. Abraham lifted up his eyes ... and behold ... a ram, &c.--**No method was more admirably calculated to give the patriarch a distinct idea of the purpose of grace than this scenic representation: and hence our Lord's allusion to it (Joh 8:56).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 14-20**
Prudence, as well as justice, directs us to be fair and open in our dealings; cheating bargains will not bear the light. Abraham, without fraud or delay, pays the money. He pays it at once in full, without keeping any part back; and by weight, current money with the merchant, without deceit. See how anciently money was used for the help of trade, and how honestly it should be ...
Read full commentary →And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
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<strong>And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in t...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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(16) **Abraham weighed . . . current money with the merchant.**—Shekel literally means weight, and money was not coined until long afterwards. In the last clause, by inserting *money *our version antedates facts. According to the Hebrew, it was the silver that was current with the merchants. The metal was probably made into small bars, marked by the refiner to indicate their quality: and Abraham w...
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**13-19. Abraham lifted up his eyes ... and behold ... a ram, &c.--**No method was more admirably calculated to give the patriarch a distinct idea of the purpose of grace than this scenic representation: and hence our Lord's allusion to it (Joh 8:56).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 14-20**
Prudence, as well as justice, directs us to be fair and open in our dealings; cheating bargains will not bear the light. Abraham, without fraud or delay, pays the money. He pays it at once in full, without keeping any part back; and by weight, current money with the merchant, without deceit. See how anciently money was used for the help of trade, and how honestly it should be ...
Read full commentary →And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure
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<strong>And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave whi...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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(17) **Before Mamre.**—That is, opposite to it. The Haram wherein the bodies of Abraham and Sarah lie, is situated on the eastern side of the valley, so that Abraham’s oak-grove must have been on its western slope. The old Christian tradition, which places it at Ramet-el-Chalil, does not agree with this description, and is, moreover, too far away. The remains pointed out there as those of Abraham’...
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**13-19. Abraham lifted up his eyes ... and behold ... a ram, &c.--**No method was more admirably calculated to give the patriarch a distinct idea of the purpose of grace than this scenic representation: and hence our Lord's allusion to it (Joh 8:56).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 14-20**
Prudence, as well as justice, directs us to be fair and open in our dealings; cheating bargains will not bear the light. Abraham, without fraud or delay, pays the money. He pays it at once in full, without keeping any part back; and by weight, current money with the merchant, without deceit. See how anciently money was used for the help of trade, and how honestly it should be ...
Read full commentary →Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
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<strong>Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at th...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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**13-19. Abraham lifted up his eyes ... and behold ... a ram, &c.--**No method was more admirably calculated to give the patriarch a distinct idea of the purpose of grace than this scenic representation: and hence our Lord's allusion to it (Joh 8:56).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 14-20**
Prudence, as well as justice, directs us to be fair and open in our dealings; cheating bargains will not bear the light. Abraham, without fraud or delay, pays the money. He pays it at once in full, without keeping any part back; and by weight, current money with the merchant, without deceit. See how anciently money was used for the help of trade, and how honestly it should be ...
Read full commentary →And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
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<strong>And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: th...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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**13-19. Abraham lifted up his eyes ... and behold ... a ram, &c.--**No method was more admirably calculated to give the patriarch a distinct idea of the purpose of grace than this scenic representation: and hence our Lord's allusion to it (Joh 8:56).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 14-20**
Prudence, as well as justice, directs us to be fair and open in our dealings; cheating bargains will not bear the light. Abraham, without fraud or delay, pays the money. He pays it at once in full, without keeping any part back; and by weight, current money with the merchant, without deceit. See how anciently money was used for the help of trade, and how honestly it should be ...
Read full commentary →And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
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<strong>And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryi...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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(20) **Were made sure unto Abraham.**—For the difficulties connected with St. Stephen’s apparent confusion of this transaction with that recorded in Genesis 33:19, see Note on Acts 7:16.
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**13-19. Abraham lifted up his eyes ... and behold ... a ram, &c.--**No method was more admirably calculated to give the patriarch a distinct idea of the purpose of grace than this scenic representation: and hence our Lord's allusion to it (Joh 8:56).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 14-20**
Prudence, as well as justice, directs us to be fair and open in our dealings; cheating bargains will not bear the light. Abraham, without fraud or delay, pays the money. He pays it at once in full, without keeping any part back; and by weight, current money with the merchant, without deceit. See how anciently money was used for the help of trade, and how honestly it should be ...
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