Genesis 23:1

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.”

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BSBPD

“Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And the life of Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years: these were the years of the life of Sarah.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And the life of Sarah is a hundred and twenty and seven years--years of the life of Sarah;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 23:1 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 17:17Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

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