Genesis 23:19
in Genesis 23After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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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This verse in Genesis 23
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd after this,.... After this affair was over, the bargain struck, the money paid, and possession secured: Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre; and here he himself was buried, and also Isaac and Rebekah, and Jacob and Leah, Gen 25:
This site's exposition
Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave
Abraham buries his wife Sarah in the cave at Machpelah near Mamre, the first of six laid there. Jacob names the rest on his deathbed at 49:31, Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, and Leah. The field Abraham bought pulls the family back to Canaan.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
This is the lodging place of the Lord, where an oak branch at Mamre Covered the pastoral roof of the ancient seer; in this hospice Sarah laughed at the joy of bearing a child in her old age And at the faith her venerable husband …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. 2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; 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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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Abraham buried Sarah--Thus he got possession of Machpelah and deposited the remains of his lamented partner in a family vault which was the only spot of ground he owned.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Abraham buried Sarah--Thus he got possession of Machpelah and deposited the remains of his lamented partner in a family vault which was the only spot of ground he owned.
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַחֲרֵי־ | veacharei- | and after | H310 → | 715 times |
| כֵן֩ | khen | thus | H3651 → | 771 times |
| קָבַ֨ר | kavar | he buried | H6912 → | 133 times |
| אַבְרָהָ֜ם | ʾavraham | Abraham | H85 → | 175 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שָׂרָ֣ה | sarah | Sarah | H8283 → | 38 times |
| אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ | ʾishto | wife his | H802 → | 781 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | into | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מְעָרַ֞ת | mearat | [the] cave of | H4631 → | 37 times |
| שְׂדֵ֧ה | sedeh | [the] field of | H7704 → | 334 times |
| הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֛ה | hamakhpelah | <the> Machpelah | H4375 → | 6 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּנֵ֥י | penei | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| מַמְרֵ֖א | mamre' | Mamre | H4471 → | 10 times |
| הִ֣וא | hi' | that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| חֶבְר֑וֹן | chevron | [is] Hebron | H2275 → | 72 times |
| בְּאֶ֖רֶץ | beeretz | in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| כְּנָֽעַן׃ | kenaan | Canaan | H3667 → | 94 times |
וְאַחֲרֵי־and after
veacharei-H310 →715 times
כֵן֩thus
khenH3651 →771 times
קָבַ֨רhe buried
kavarH6912 →133 times
אַבְרָהָ֜םAbraham
ʾavrahamH85 →175 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שָׂרָ֣הSarah
sarahH8283 →38 times
אִשְׁתּ֗וֹwife his
ʾishtoH802 →781 times
אֶל־into
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מְעָרַ֞ת[the] cave of
mearatH4631 →37 times
שְׂדֵ֧ה[the] field of
sedehH7704 →334 times
הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֛ה<the> Machpelah
hamakhpelahH4375 →6 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פְּנֵ֥י[the] face of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
מַמְרֵ֖אMamre
mamre'H4471 →10 times
הִ֣ואthat
hi'H1931 →1879 times
חֶבְר֑וֹן[is] Hebron
chevronH2275 →72 times
בְּאֶ֖רֶץin [the] land of
beeretzH776 →2504 times
כְּנָֽעַן׃Canaan
kenaanH3667 →94 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
it leads to
- Ecclesiastes 12:7
before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
- Job 34:15
all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.
- Psalms 104:29
When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
- Genesis 2:7
Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
- Psalms 90:3
You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”
- Ecclesiastes 12:7
Through
Ecclesiastes 6:3A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial,…
it leads to
- Job 3:16
Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?
- Jeremiah 22:19
He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 9:35
But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.
- Job 3:16
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
6 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsSarahAbraham's wife — barren, then bearing Isaac by promise “past age” through faith; Paul's allegory of the covenant of promise (Gal 4…
- PersonPatriarchsAbrahamCalled out of Ur, the father of all who believe, justified by faith, and the friend of God through whose seed all nations are bles…
- PlaceThe LevantCanaanThe land God promised to Abraham's seed, walked and marked with altars by the patriarchs and possessed under Joshua four centuries…
- PlaceNear HebronMamreThe oaks where the LORD appeared to Abraham and the promise of Isaac and the plea for Sodom were spoken (Gen 18).
- PlaceJudean hill countryHebronThe city of the patriarchs, where Abraham bought the cave of Machpelah, Caleb took his inheritance, and David reigned seven years…
- PlaceHebronMachpelahThe cave near Hebron that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite to bury Sarah, the burial place of the patriarchs and their only…
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Prudentius, SCENES FROM SACRED HISTORY 4-5.
