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• Gen 23:1-2a . . Sarah's lifetime-- the span of Sarah's life --came to one hundred and twenty-seven years. Sarah died in Kiriath-arba-- now Hebron --in the land of Canaan;
This is the only woman in the entire Old Testament for whom an age is given at the time of her death.
Sarah lived in Canaan with her husband for 62 years. They were basically nomadic and never once owned their own home there. They moved from Ur (a.k.a. Iraq) to the future land of Israel when he was 75 and she 65 --and Abraham at this point has 38 years on the clock yet to go.
• Gen 23:2b . . and Abraham proceeded to mourn for Sarah and to bewail her.
Some people think it's weak and unspiritual to mourn for the dead. However; it is the very best way to let them go. People shouldn't stifle their heartbreak, nor steel themselves against it. I would rather see people get angry and withdrawn at the loss of their loved ones than to blow it off as just another passing phase of life.
NOTE: Every now and then I encounter sympathy-challenged folk working the forums. Well; that is quite a handicap for a Christian but there are some work-arounds to help with it. Go online and search for "Sympathy Dos and Don'ts". Something useful is sure to turn up.
Sarah had quite a life you know. She was a strong pioneer woman-- taken into the palaces of a Pharaoh and a King. And she was selected by Almighty God to be the mother of the people of Israel, and of Messiah: Israel's ultimate monarch. Sarah was also a genetic path to the seed promised Eve back in Gen 3:15. We can't just put her in the ground as if she was a commoner no different than anybody else.
Sarah's gravesite today (if indeed anybody really knows it's location) is covered by an Islamic structure called Al-lbrahimi Mosque; in honor of Abraham, Ishmael's dad. It should be pointed out that the Mosque isn't intended to promote Abraham's El Shaddai, rather, Muhammad's Allah.
• Gen 23:19-20 . . And then Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field of Machpelah, facing Mamre-- now Hebron --in the land of Canaan. Thus the field with its cave passed from the Hittites to Abraham, as a burial site.
Not only a burial site, but also as a permanent real estate holding-- the people of Israel's very first piece of their very own country; which gives them legitimate roots there even prior to the Exodus; and way ahead of the Palestinians.
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• Gen 23:1-2a . . Sarah's lifetime-- the span of Sarah's life --came to one hundred and twenty-seven years. Sarah died in Kiriath-arba-- now Hebron --in the land of Canaan;
This is the only woman in the entire Old Testament for whom an age is given at the time of her death.
Sarah lived in Canaan with her husband for 62 years. They were basically nomadic and never once owned their own home there. They moved from Ur (a.k.a. Iraq) to the future land of Israel when he was 75 and she 65 --and Abraham at this point has 38 years on the clock yet to go.
• Gen 23:2b . . and Abraham proceeded to mourn for Sarah and to bewail her.
Some people think it's weak and unspiritual to mourn for the dead. However; it is the very best way to let them go. People shouldn't stifle their heartbreak, nor steel themselves against it. I would rather see people get angry and withdrawn at the loss of their loved ones than to blow it off as just another passing phase of life.
NOTE: Every now and then I encounter sympathy-challenged folk working the forums. Well; that is quite a handicap for a Christian but there are some work-arounds to help with it. Go online and search for "Sympathy Dos and Don'ts". Something useful is sure to turn up.
Sarah had quite a life you know. She was a strong pioneer woman-- taken into the palaces of a Pharaoh and a King. And she was selected by Almighty God to be the mother of the people of Israel, and of Messiah: Israel's ultimate monarch. Sarah was also a genetic path to the seed promised Eve back in Gen 3:15. We can't just put her in the ground as if she was a commoner no different than anybody else.
Sarah's gravesite today (if indeed anybody really knows it's location) is covered by an Islamic structure called Al-lbrahimi Mosque; in honor of Abraham, Ishmael's dad. It should be pointed out that the Mosque isn't intended to promote Abraham's El Shaddai, rather, Muhammad's Allah.
• Gen 23:19-20 . . And then Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field of Machpelah, facing Mamre-- now Hebron --in the land of Canaan. Thus the field with its cave passed from the Hittites to Abraham, as a burial site.
Not only a burial site, but also as a permanent real estate holding-- the people of Israel's very first piece of their very own country; which gives them legitimate roots there even prior to the Exodus; and way ahead of the Palestinians.
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