Tears Over the Dead
Genesis 23:1-2
And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.…


In those tears of Abraham was anguish; but there might have been remorse. Apparently Abraham had nothing to reproach himself with. Quarrels in his married life are recorded, but in all he behaved with tenderness, concession, and dignity. In all things he had supported and cherished his wife, bearing, like a strong man, the burdens of the weak. But oh! let us beware. There are bitter recollections which enhance the sorrow of bereavement and change it into agony — recollections which are repeated to us in words which remorse will not cease to echo for ever and ever. "Oh, if they would but come again, I'd never grieve them more." It is this which makes tears scald. To how many a grown heart have not those childish words of the infant hymn gone home, sharp, with an undying pang!

(F. W. Robertson, M. A.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.

WEB: Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length of Sarah's life.




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