Genesis 23:2
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| Overview - Genesis 23 | |
| 1 | The age and death of Sarah. |
| 3 | The purchase of the field and cave of Machpelah; |
| 19 | where Sarah is buried. |
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Genesis 23:2 (King James Version)
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.
- Kirjath-arba
- 19 ; 13:18 Numbers 13:22 ; Joshua 10:39 ; Joshua 14:14 Joshua 14:15 20:7 Judges 1:10 ; 1 Samuel 20:31
- 2 Samuel 2:11 ; 2 Samuel 5:3 2 Samuel 5:5 1 Chronicles 6:57
- came
- For the convenience of feeding his numerous flocks, Abraham had several places of temporary residence; and it is likely, that while he sojourned at Beer-sheba, as we find he did from ver. 19 of the preceding chapter, Sarah died at Hebron, which was 24 miles distant.
- mourn
- 27:41 50:10 Numbers 20:29 ; Deuteronomy 34:8 ; 1 Samuel 28:3 ; 2 Samuel 1:12 2 Samuel 1:17 ; 2 Chronicles 35:25
- Jeremiah 22:10 Jeremiah 22:18 ; Ezekiel 24:16-18 ; John 11:31 John 11:35 ; Acts 8:2