Genesis 23:1

The Death of Sarah

1 Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old.

Genesis 23:1 in Other Translations

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

1 Sarah lived 127 years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.

1 When Sarah was 127 years old,

1 Sarah lived 127 years.

1 Now Sarah lived 127 years; [these were all] the years of her life.

Genesis 23:1 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 23:1

And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old
This following immediately upon the account of the offering up of Isaac, led many of the Jewish writers to conclude, that Isaac was when thirty seven years of age, as he must be when Sarah his mother was one hundred and twenty seven, for he was born when she was ninety years of age; but this seems not to be observed on that account, but to give the sum of her age at her death, since it follows: [these were] the years of the life of Sarah;
who, as it is remarked by many interpreters, is the only woman the years of whose life are reckoned up in Scripture.

Genesis 23:1 In-Context

1 Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old.

2 She died at Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her.

3 Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites. He said,

4 “I am a foreigner and stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead.”

5 The Hittites replied to Abraham,