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David Guzik commentary on Genesis 23, in which Sarah dies and is buried in a field that Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite.
1. (Genesis 23:3-9) Abraham speaks with the sons of Heth. Then Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying, “I am a foreigner and a visitor among you. Give me property for a burial place among you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”
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Verse Genesis 23:1. And Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years old — It is worthy of remark that Sarah is the only woman in the sacred writings whose age, death, and burial are distinctly noted.
Genesis 23. 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.
