Genesis 23:1
Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.
2 She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
3 Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.
- 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.
- ASV
- And the life of Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years. These were the years of the life of Sarah.
- DARBY
- And the life of Sarah was a hundred and twenty-seven years: [these were] the years of the life of Sarah.
- BLB
- And the lifetime of Sarah was a hundred years and twenty years and seven years; the years of the lifetime of Sarah.
- ÅB
- Saras alder ble hundre og syv og tyve år; det var Saras leveår.
- OTB
- Sara levde i hundre og tjuesju år; dette var årene i Saras liv.
- B1930
- Saras alder blev hundre og syv og tyve år; det var Saras leveår.