Genesis 23:1-2 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.… 1. On Mount Moriah we find Abraham doing God's will; here we find him suffering it. 2. Look at Abraham buying a grave; the best man of his age here bargains for burial ground. Ponder well this transaction, and consider that in return for four hundred pieces of silver Abraham gets a burying-place. 3. The behaviour of the children of Heth calls for appreciative notice. They treated Abraham with generous pity and helpfulness. 4. Man's final requirement of man is a grave. In the grave there is no repentance; the dead man cannot obliterate the past. 5. Abraham mourned for Sarah. Consecration to God's purpose does not eradicate our deep human love; say, rather, that it heightens, refines, sanctifies it. (J. Parker, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.WEB: Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length of Sarah's life. |
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