Genesis 23:2

Good News Translation

She died in Hebron in the land of Canaan, and Abraham mourned her death.

Cross References

Genesis 13:18

So Abram moved his camp and settled near the sacred trees of Mamre at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.

Genesis 23:1

Sarah lived to be 127 years old.

Genesis 23:19

Then Abraham buried his wife Sarah in that cave in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 24:67

Then Isaac brought Rebecca into the tent that his mother Sarah had lived in, and she became his wife. Isaac loved Rebecca, and so he was comforted for the loss of his mother.

Genesis 27:41

Esau hated Jacob, because his father had given Jacob the blessing. He thought, “The time to mourn my father's death is near; then I will kill Jacob.”

Genesis 35:27

Jacob went to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had lived.

Genesis 37:14

His father told him, “Go and see if your brothers are safe and if the flock is all right; then come back and tell me.” So his father sent him on his way from Hebron Valley. Joseph arrived at Shechem

Genesis 50:1

Joseph threw himself on his father, crying and kissing his face.

Genesis 50:10

When they came to the threshing place at Atad east of the Jordan, they mourned loudly for a long time, and Joseph performed mourning ceremonies for seven days.

2 Samuel 1:12

They grieved and mourned and fasted until evening for Saul and Jonathan and for Israel, the people of the Lord, because so many had been killed in battle.

2 Samuel 1:17

David sang this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,

2 Samuel 2:11

and he ruled in Hebron over Judah for seven and a half years.

2 Samuel 5:3

So all the leaders of Israel came to King David at Hebron. He made a sacred alliance with them, they anointed him, and he became king of Israel.

2 Samuel 5:5

He ruled in Hebron over Judah for seven and a half years, and in Jerusalem over all Israel and Judah for thirty-three years.

1 Chronicles 6:57

The following towns were assigned to Aaron's descendants: Hebron, a city of refuge, Jattir, and the towns of Libnah, Eshtemoa, Hilen, Debir, Ashan, and Beth Shemesh, with their pasture lands.

2 Chronicles 35:25

The prophet Jeremiah composed a lament for King Josiah. It has become a custom in Israel for the singers, both men and women, to use this song when they mourn for him. The song is found in the collection of laments.

Nehemiah 11:25

Many of the people lived in towns near their farms. Those who were of the tribe of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba, Dibon, and Jekabzeel, and in the villages near these cities.

Jeremiah 22:10

People of Judah, do not weep for King Josiah; do not mourn his death. But weep bitterly for Joahaz, his son; they are taking him away, never to return, never again to see the land where he was born.

Jeremiah 22:18

So then, the Lord says about Josiah's son Jehoiakim, king of Judah, “No one will mourn his death or say, ‘How terrible, my friend, how terrible!’ No one will weep for him or cry, ‘My lord! My king!’

Numbers 13:22

They went first into the southern part of the land and came to Hebron, where the clans of Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of a race of giants called the Anakim, lived. (Hebron was founded seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

Numbers 20:29

The whole community learned that Aaron had died, and they all mourned for him for thirty days.

John 11:31

The people who were in the house with Mary comforting her followed her when they saw her get up and hurry out. They thought that she was going to the grave to weep there.

John 11:35

Jesus wept.

Acts 8:2

Some devout men buried Stephen, mourning for him with loud cries.

Deuteronomy 34:8

The people of Israel mourned for him for thirty days in the plains of Moab.

Joshua 10:39

He captured it, with its king and all the nearby towns. They put everyone there to death. Joshua did to Debir and its king what he had done to Hebron and to Libnah and its king.

Joshua 15:13

As the Lord commanded Joshua, part of the territory of Judah was given to Caleb son of Jephunneh, from the tribe of Judah. He received Hebron, the city belonging to Arba, father of Anak.

Joshua 15:54

Humtah, Hebron, and Zior: nine cities, along with the towns around them.

Joshua 20:7

So, on the west side of the Jordan they set aside Kedesh in Galilee, in the hill country of Naphtali; Shechem, in the hill country of Ephraim; and Hebron, in the hill country of Judah.

Joshua 21:11

They were given the city of Arba (Arba was Anak's father), now called Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, along with the pasture land surrounding it.

Judges 1:10

They marched against the Canaanites living in the city of Hebron, which used to be called Kiriath Arba. There they defeated the clans of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

1 Samuel 20:31

Don't you realize that as long as David is alive, you will never be king of this country? Now go and bring him here—he must die!”

1 Samuel 25:1

Samuel died, and all the Israelites came together and mourned for him. Then they buried him at his home in Ramah. After this, David went to the wilderness of Paran.

1 Samuel 28:3

Now Samuel had died, and all the Israelites had mourned for him and had buried him in his hometown of Ramah. Saul had forced all the fortunetellers and mediums to leave Israel.