🌱WEB · Genesis 23:2
What does Genesis 23:2 mean?
"Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her."
— Genesis 23:2 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length of Sarah’s life.
Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children of Heth, saying,
“I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”
The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
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