1859 BC · Patriarchs

Death of Sarah at Hebron

Sarah died at 127 in Kiriath-arba, and Abraham purchased the cave of Machpelah as a burying place (Genesis 23:1-20). Ten years younger than Abraham (Genesis 17:17), she died in 1859 BC by the arithmetic.

📖 Genesis 23:1–3

1Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old. 2She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her. 3Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,

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