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The life of Sarah: Nowhere in the Bible are we told to look to Mary the mother of Jesus as an example of a godly woman. Twice we are told to look to Sarah as such an example (Isaiah 51:1-2 and 1 Peter 3:3-6). 2. (Genesis 23:2) Abraham’s mourning.
David Guzik commentary on Genesis 23, in which Sarah dies and is buried in a field that Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite.
The KJV renders the Hebrew repetition which the NIV omits, by saying: "And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah." I am not convinced that the mention of her age has the significance that the commentary attaches to it.
These were the years of the life of Sarah —an emphatic repetition designed to impress the Israelitish mind with the importance of remembering the age of their ancestress. Genesis 23:2.
Abraham stood up, c.—Eastern people are always provided with family burying-places but Abraham's life of faith—his pilgrim state—had prevented him acquiring even so small a possession (Acts 7:5). spake unto the sons of Heth —He bespoke their kind offices to aid him in obtaining possession of a cave that belonged to Ephron—a wealthy neighbor.
Genesis chapter 23 records Sarah’s death and Abraham’s investment in her eternal inheritance with a cave in the city of Hebron. From this chapter, God reveals seven lessons about placing your hope and your investments in your eternal inheritance in heaven.
Abraham Mourns Sarah’s Death (23:1-2) (i) 1 Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years; this was the length of Sarah’s life. 2 Sarah died in Kiryat-Arba (also called Hevron Hebron ), [2] in the land of Kena'an Canaan (“lowland”) .
