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Genesis 23:2

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And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
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  1. Genesis 23:19Rank 1 from verse 2
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    19And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.

  2. Genesis 13:18Rank 2 from verse 2
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    18Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.

  3. 1 Chronicles 6:57Rank 3 from verse 2
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    57And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,

  4. Judges 1:10Rank 4 from verse 2
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    10And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

  5. 1 Samuel 20:31Rank 5 from verse 2
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    31For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.

  6. 1 Samuel 28:3Rank 6 from verse 2
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    3¶ Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.

  7. 2 Chronicles 35:25Rank 7 from verse 2
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    25¶ And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

  8. 2 Samuel 1:12Rank 8 from verse 2
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    12And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

  9. 2 Samuel 1:17Rank 9 from verse 2
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    17¶ And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

  10. 2 Samuel 2:11Rank 10 from verse 2
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    11And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

  11. 2 Samuel 5:3Rank 11 from verse 2
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    3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David king over Israel.

  12. 2 Samuel 5:5Rank 12 from verse 2
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    5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.

  13. Acts 8:2Rank 13 from verse 2
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    2And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

  14. Deuteronomy 34:8Rank 14 from verse 2
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    8¶ And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

  15. Ezekiel 24:16–18Rank 15 from verse 2
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    16Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.

    17Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.

    18So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

  16. Genesis 27:41Rank 16 from verse 2
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    41¶ And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

  17. Genesis 50:10Rank 17 from verse 2
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    10And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

  18. Jeremiah 22:10Rank 18 from verse 2
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    10¶ Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

  19. Jeremiah 22:18Rank 19 from verse 2
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    18Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

  20. John 11:31Rank 20 from verse 2
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    31The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.

  21. John 11:35Rank 21 from verse 2
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    35Jesus wept.

  22. Joshua 10:39Rank 22 from verse 2
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    39And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.

  23. Joshua 14:14–15Rank 23 from verse 2
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    14Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the Lord God of Israel.

    15And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.

  24. Joshua 20:7Rank 24 from verse 2
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    7¶ And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

  25. Numbers 13:22Rank 25 from verse 2
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    22And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

  26. Numbers 20:29Rank 26 from verse 2
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    29And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

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Genesis 23:2

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

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Abraham

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The patriarch formerly named Abram, whom God appointed to be a father of many nations.

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mourn

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Sense 1: To grieve, sorrow, lament, weep, or express distress. Sense 2: To show the effects of ruin and sorrow.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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weep

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To shed tears or lament in grief, sorrow, compassion, repentance, joy, or other deep feeling.

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23:1AND Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.

23:2And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

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