Passage Research
Genesis 23 — Sermon Preparation
Sarah dies at 127, and Abraham purchases the cave of Machpelah from the Hittites as a family burial ground. Below is a research summary for Genesis 23, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 20
- verses
- 275 / 88
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 5
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Genesis 23 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַבְרָהָם | ʼAbrâhâm | H85 | 12 | Abraham |
| חֵת | Chêth | H2845 | 8 | Cheth |
| עֶפְרוֹן | ʻEphrôwn | H6085 | 8 | Ephron |
| קָבַר | qâbar | H6912 | 8 | inter |
| שָׂדֶה | sâdeh | H7704 | 8 | field |
| מוּת | mûwth | H4191 | 9 | die, kill |
| מְעָרָה | mᵉʻârâh | H4631 | 5 | cavern |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on Genesis 23, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Here is, I. Abraham a mourner for the death of Sarah, ver. 1, 2. II. Abraham a purchaser of a burying-place for Sarah. 1. The purchase humbly proposed by Abraham, ver. 3, 4. 2. Fairly treated of, and agreed to, with a great deal of mutual civility and respect, ver. 5-16. 3. The purchase-money paid, ver. 16. 4. The premises conveyed and secured to Abraham, ver. 17, 18, 20. 5. Sarah's funeral, ver. 19. The Death of Sarah. (b. c. 1857.) 1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 1 (Genesis to Deuteronomy), on Genesis 23:1–35 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Machpelah— Gen 23:17
- Mamre— Gen 23:17
- Canaan— Gen 23:19
- Hebron— Gen 23:19
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