Genesis 25:10
Which he had bought of the children of Heth: there was he buried, and Sara his wife.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- quem emerat a filiis Heth : ibi sepultus est ipse, et Sara uxor ejus.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- τὸν ἀγρὸν καὶ τὸ σπήλαιον ὃ ἐκτήσατο Ἀβραὰμ παρὰ τῶν υἱῶν Χέτ· ἐκεῖ ἔθαψαν Ἀβραὰμ καὶ Σάρραν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- הַשָּׂדֶ֛ה אֲשֶׁר קָנָ֥ה אַבְרָהָ֖ם מֵאֵ֣ת בְּנֵי חֵ֑ת שָׁ֛מָּה קֻבַּ֥ר אַבְרָהָ֖ם וְשָׂרָ֥ה אִשְׁתּֽוֹ
The Fathers on this verse
St Ambrose Concerning Widows, Chapter XV. St. Ambrose meets the objection of those who make the desire of having children an excuse for second marriage, and especially in the case of those who have children of their former marriage; and points out the consequent troubles of disagreements amongst the children, and even between the married persons, and gives a warning against a wrong use of Scripture instances in this matter
89. The divine law has bound together husband and wife by its authority, and yet mutual love remains a difficult matter. For God took a rib from the man, and formed the woman so as to join them one to the other, and said: “They shall be one flesh.” He said this not of a second marriage but of the first, for neither did Eve take a second husband, nor does holy Church recognize a second bridegroom. “For that is a great mystery in Christ and in the Church. Neither, again, did Isaac know another wife besides Rebecca, nor bury his father, Abraham, with any wife but Sarah.”