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After thisוְאַחֲרֵי כֵןAbrahamאַבְרָהָםburiedקָבַרSarahאֶת שָׂרָהhis wifeאִשְׁתּוֹin the caveאֶל מְעָרַתof the fieldשְׂדֵהof Machpelahהַמַּכְפֵּלָהfacingעַל פְּנֵיMamre,מַמְרֵאthat is, Hebron,הִוא חֶבְרוֹןin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Canaan.כְּנָעַן
Genesis 23:19
Study it in the app“After this Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah facing Mamre, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 23:19, word by word
- Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham
Abraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appears- buriedקָבַרkavar
bury
Bury.
Where else “kavar” appears- Sarahשָׂרָהsara
Sarah
Sarah, the name God gave to Sarai, wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. It means "princess".
Where else “sara” appears- his wifeאִשְׁתּisht
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appears- in the caveמְעָרַתmearat
cave
Cave.
Where else “mearat” appears- of the fieldשְׂדֵהsede
farmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sede” appears- of Machpelahמַּכְפֵּלָהmachpela
Machpelah
Machpelah, the place near Hebron with the cave that Abraham bought to bury Sarah. Abraham, Isaac, Rebekah, Leah and Jacob were also buried there.
Where else “machpela” appears- facingפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- Mamreמַמְרֵאmamre
Mamre
Mamre, the name of an Amorite ally of Abram and of the place with oaks near Hebron where Abraham lived.
Where else “mamre” appears- that is, Hebronחֶבְרוֹןchevron
Hebron
See it on the mapWhere else “chevron” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Canaanכְּנָעַןkenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appears
Places in this verse
1Hebron
Today: Hebron (Al-Khalil), West Bank
A city in the hills of Judea, about 19 miles (30 km) south of Jerusalem.
Abraham lived nearby and bought the cave there where he buried Sarah (Gen 23:2). David was anointed king of Judah at Hebron (2 Sam 2:1-4).
2Canaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
The context
18to Abraham as a purchase in the sight of the sons of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
19 · This verse (above)
20The field and the cave that was in it were made over to Abraham as a possession for a grave by the sons of Heth.
To study Genesis 23 in a group
1. What it says
What did Abraham do when Sarah died, and how did he obtain a place to bury her (vv. 2-16)?
2. What it means
What does the conversation at the city gate show about how Abraham treats the sons of Heth and Ephron (vv. 7-16)?
3. How I live it
How can you walk with someone who is grieving this week?