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Genesis 23:19

King James Version (KJV)

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Genesis 23:19

Verse 19 of 20

Scripture focus

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.

Genesis 23:19 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Genesis 23:19

Theological / Devotional

Abraham buried Sarah. The cave was situated near Mamre, where Abraham had lived before the birth of Isaac. In sight of the grove that had been their home for so many years, where they had shared their joys and their sorrows, their disappointments and their hopes, Abraham laid his beloved wife to rest.

Before Mamre. The Hebrew expression here translated “before” is at times to be understood as “to the east of.” In giving directions a Hebrew customarily thought of himself as facing the east, which was thus “before” him (see Zechariah 14:8; Joel 2:20; Deuteronomy 11:24). Mamre was not another name for Hebron, but was simply in that vicinity (see Genesis 13:18).

In the land of Canaan. To emphasize, as in v. 2, that Sarah found her last resting place in a piece of ground belonging to Abraham in the promised land of Canaan.

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