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Genesis 23:1

Genesis 23:1
And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old,.... This following immediately upon the account of the offering up of Isaac, led many of the Jewish writers to conclude, that Isaac was when…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 23:1-20

- The Death of Sarah 2. ארבע קרית qı̂ryat-'arba‛, “Qirjath-arba‘, city of Arba.” ארבע 'arba‛, “Arba‘, four.” 8. עפרון ‛eprôn, “‘Ephron, of the dust, or resembling a calf.” צחר tshochar, “Tsochar,…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

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. And she has been…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 23:1-2

We have here, 1. Sarah's age, Gen 23:1. Almost forty years before, she had called herself old, Gen 18:12. Old people will die never the sooner, but may die the better, for reckoning themselves old. 2.…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

the life of Sarah Sarah died at the age of 127, 37 years after the birth of Isaac. Cf. Gen 17:1; Gen 17:17; Gen 21:5 (P).