Genesis 23:1
And Sara lived a hundred and twenty-seven years.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Vixit autem Sara centum viginti septem annis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Ἐγένετο δὲ ἡ ζωὴ Σάρρας ἔτη ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι ἑπτά.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיִּהְיוּ֙ חַיֵּ֣י שָׂרָ֔ה מֵאָ֥ה שָׁנָ֛ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וְשֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֑ים שְׁנֵ֖י חַיֵּ֥י שָׂרָֽה
Haydock's commentary
Sara. She is the only woman whose age the Scripture specifies; a distinction which her exalted dignity and faith deserved. (Galatians iv. 23; Hebrews xi. 11.) She was a figure of the Christian Church. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.