Genesis 23:1
New International Version
Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old.

New Living Translation
When Sarah was 127 years old,

English Standard Version
Sarah lived 127 years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.

Berean Standard Bible
Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.

King James Bible
And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.

New King James Version
Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.

New American Standard Bible
Now Sarah lived 127 years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.

NASB 1995
Now Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.

NASB 1977
Now Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.

Legacy Standard Bible
And Sarah lived 127 years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.

Amplified Bible
Sarah lived a hundred and twenty-seven years; this was the length of the life of Sarah.

Christian Standard Bible
Now Sarah lived 127 years; these were all the years of her life.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now Sarah lived 127 years; these were all the years of her life.

American Standard Version
And the life of Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years: these were the years of the life of Sarah.

English Revised Version
And the life of Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years: these were the years of the life of Sarah.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Sarah lived to be 127 years old. This was the length of her life.

Good News Translation
Sarah lived to be 127 years old.

International Standard Version
Sarah lived for 127 years. That's how long Sarah's life was.

Majority Standard Bible
Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.

NET Bible
Sarah lived 127 years.

New Heart English Bible
Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length of Sarah's life.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Sarah was a hundred and twenty-seven years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.

World English Bible
Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length of Sarah’s life.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And the life of Sarah is one hundred and twenty-seven years—years of the life of Sarah;

Young's Literal Translation
And the life of Sarah is a hundred and twenty and seven years -- years of the life of Sarah;

Smith's Literal Translation
And the life of Sarah shall be a hundred years, and twenty years, and seven years; the years of the life of Sarah.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Sara lived a hundred and twenty-seven years.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Now Sarah lived for one hundred and twenty-seven years.

New American Bible
The span of Sarah’s life was one hundred and twenty-seven years.

New Revised Standard Version
Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years; this was the length of Sarah’s life.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
AND Sarah was a hundred and twenty-seven years old; these were the years of the life of Sarah.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the life of Sara was a hundred and twenty and seven years, the years of the life Sara.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the life of Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the life of Sarrha was an hundred and twenty-seven years.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Death and Burial of Sarah
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.…

Cross References
Genesis 17:17
Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

Genesis 21:1-2
Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised. / So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.

Genesis 24:67
And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.

Genesis 25:7-10
Abraham lived a total of 175 years. / And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people. / His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite. ...

Genesis 49:31
There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.

Hebrews 11:11-12
By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised. / And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

Hebrews 11:17-19
By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son, / even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.” / Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.

1 Peter 3:5-6
For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in God and were submissive to their husbands, / just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.

Romans 4:19
Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.

Romans 9:9
For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”

Galatians 4:22-23
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. / His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.

Isaiah 51:2
Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.

1 Chronicles 1:32
The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.

1 Chronicles 29:28
He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.

Matthew 1:2
Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.


Treasury of Scripture

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

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Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

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Genesis 23
1. The age and death of Sarah.
3. The purchase of the field and cave of Machpelah;
19. where Sarah is buried.














Now Sarah lived
The phrase "Now Sarah lived" introduces a significant transition in the narrative of Genesis. The Hebrew word for "lived" is "חַיֵּי" (chayyei), which is derived from the root "חָיָה" (chayah), meaning "to live" or "to have life." This word emphasizes the vitality and the full span of Sarah's life. In the context of the patriarchal narratives, Sarah's life is not just a chronological account but a testament to her role as a matriarch in the unfolding account of God's covenant with Abraham. Her life is a reflection of divine faithfulness and the fulfillment of God's promises.

to be 127 years old
The specific mention of Sarah's age, "127 years old," is unique in the biblical text, as she is the only woman in the Bible whose age at death is recorded. This detail underscores her importance and the honor given to her as the mother of nations. The Hebrew culture placed great significance on age, often associating it with wisdom and divine blessing. The number 127 can also be seen as a symbol of completeness and fulfillment, as Sarah's life encompassed the miraculous birth of Isaac and the establishment of a lineage that would lead to the nation of Israel. Her age at death marks the end of an era and the beginning of a new chapter in the biblical narrative, highlighting the continuity of God's plan through generations.

XXIII.

DEATH AND BURIAL OF SARAH.

(1) Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old.--Sarah is the only woman whose age at her death is mentioned in the Bible, an honour doubtless given her as the ancestress of the Hebrew race (Isaiah 51:2). As she was ninety at Isaac's birth, he would now be thirty-seven years of age.

Verse 1. - And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old (literally, and the lives of Sarah were an hundred and twenty and seven years); so that Isaac must have been thirty-seven, having been born in his mother's ninetieth year. Sarah, as the wife of Abraham and the mother of believers (Isaiah 51:2; 1 Peter 3:6), is the only woman whose age is mentioned in Scripture. These were the years of the life of Sarah - an emphatic repetition designed to impress the Israelitish mind with the importance of remembering the age of their ancestress.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Now
וַיִּהְיוּ֙ (way·yih·yū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

Sarah
שָׂרָ֔ה (śā·rāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 8283: Sarah -- 'princess', a wife of Abraham

lived to be
חַיֵּ֣י (ḥay·yê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

127
מֵאָ֥ה (mê·’āh)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 3967: A hundred

years
שָׁנָ֛ה (šā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8141: A year

old.
שָׁנָ֖ה (šā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8141: A year


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