Genesis 23
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Genesis 23 is a chapter in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that recounts the death of Sarah and Abraham’s purchase of the cave of Machpelah at Hebron as a family burial site.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| mourning of Sarah by Abraham | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Biblical chapter ⓘ |
| associatedMatriarch | Sarah ⓘ |
| associatedPatriarch | Abraham ⓘ |
| burialOf | Sarah ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave
ⓘ
surface form:
cave of Machpelah
|
| burialPlaceLocation | before Mamre ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus |
canonical scripture in Christianity
ⓘ
canonical scripture in Judaism ⓘ |
| describesAbrahamAs |
foreigner
ⓘ
sojourner ⓘ |
| describesAgeOfSarah | 127 years ⓘ |
| equatesKiriathArbaWith | Hebron ⓘ |
| equatesMamreWith | Hebron ⓘ |
| follows | Genesis 22 ⓘ |
| keyEvent |
death of Sarah
ⓘ
establishment of a family burial site ⓘ Genesis 23 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
mourning of Sarah by Abraham
purchase of the cave of Machpelah ⓘ |
| languageOfComposition | Biblical Hebrew ⓘ |
| legalAction | purchase of burial property ⓘ |
| legalDetail |
field and cave transferred to Abraham
ⓘ
purchase witnessed by sons of Heth ⓘ transaction conducted at city gate ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Abraham
ⓘ
Ephron the Hittite ⓘ Sarah ⓘ |
| mainLocation |
Hebron
ⓘ
Canaan ⓘ
surface form:
land of Canaan
|
| mentions |
Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave
ⓘ
surface form:
cave of Machpelah
field of Ephron ⓘ sons of Heth ⓘ |
| partOf |
Book of Genesis
ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
Five Books of Moses ⓘ
surface form:
Pentateuch
Torah ⓘ |
| paymentAmount | four hundred shekels of silver ⓘ |
| paymentCurrency | silver ⓘ |
| positionInBook | 23 ⓘ |
| precedes | Genesis 24 ⓘ |
| recordsDeathPlaceOfSarah |
Jericho
ⓘ
surface form:
Kiriath-arba
|
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islamic tradition (as part of shared patriarchal narratives) ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| theme |
covenant promise of land
ⓘ
death and burial ⓘ land ownership ⓘ negotiation and legal custom ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
mourning of Sarah by Abraham