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A Stranger's Identity
Commentators explain that Abraham's self-description as a "stranger and sojourner" was both a legal reality and a statement of humility. He had no legal claim to the land, showing his reliance on God's promise. This identity reminds Christians that their ultimate citizenship is in heaven, and they live in this world with faith in a future inheritance.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 23:1–20
18th Century
Theologian
- ארבע קרית qı̂ryat - 'arba‛, “Qirjath-arba‘, city of Arba.” ארבע 'arba‛ — “Arba‘, four.”…
Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 23:4
19th Century
Bishop
A possession of a burial place. —While strangers might pasture their cattle on the open land, yet the consent of the local inhabit…
John Calvin
On Genesis 23:4
16th Century
Theologian
I am a stranger and a sojourner with you. This introductory sentence tends to one or the other of these points: either that he may more ea…
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John Gill
On Genesis 23:4
17th Century
Pastor
I [am] a stranger and a sojourner with you Not a native of the place, only dwelt as a sojourner among them for a time; bu…
Matthew Henry
On Genesis 23:1–13
17th Century
Minister
The longest life must shortly come to a close. Blessed be God that there is a world where sin, death, vanity, and vexation cannot enter. Blessed be…