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Chapter 23

Tomb of the Patriarch.[a] Sarah lived to be one hundred and twenty-seven years old. She died at Kiriath-arba, that is Hebron, in the land of Canaan. Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and he wept for her.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 23:1 This lively and picturesque passage is from the Priestly tradition.

The Death of Sarah

23 Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old. She died at Kiriath Arba(A) (that is, Hebron)(B) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her.(C)

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