Genesis 23:2
ContextNETBible | Then she 1 died in Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. 2 |
XREF | Ge 13:18; Ge 23:19; Ge 27:41; Ge 50:10; Nu 13:22; Nu 20:29; De 34:8; Jos 10:39; Jos 14:14,15; Jos 20:7; Jud 1:10; 1Sa 20:31; 1Sa 28:3; 2Sa 1:12,17; 2Sa 2:11; 2Sa 5:3,5; 1Ch 6:57; 2Ch 35:25; Jer 22:10,18; Eze 24:16-18; Joh 11:31,35; Ac 8:2 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “Sarah.” The proper name has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun (“she”) for stylistic reasons. 2 sn Mourn…weep. The description here is of standard mourning rites (see K. A. Kitchen, NBD3 149-50). They would have been carried out in the presence of the corpse, probably in Sarah’s tent. So Abraham came in to mourn; then he rose up to go and bury his dead (v. 3). |