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Lexicon :: Strong's H3967 - mē'â

Aa
מֵאָה
Transliteration
mē'â
Pronunciation
may-aw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1135

Strong’s Definitions

מֵאָה mêʼâh, may-aw'; or מֵאיָה mêʼyâh; properly, a primitive numeral a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction:—hundred((-fold), -th), sixscore.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 581x

The KJV translates Strong's H3967 in the following manner: hundred (571x), eleven hundred (with H505) (3x), hundredth (3x), hundredfold (2x), sixscore (with H6242) (1x), hundred times (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 581x
The KJV translates Strong's H3967 in the following manner: hundred (571x), eleven hundred (with H505) (3x), hundredth (3x), hundredfold (2x), sixscore (with H6242) (1x), hundred times (1x).

  1. hundred

    1. as simple number

    2. as part of larger number

    3. as a fraction - one one-hundredth (1/100)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֵאָה mêʼâh, may-aw'; or מֵאיָה mêʼyâh; properly, a primitive numeral a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction:—hundred((-fold), -th), sixscore.
STRONGS H3967: Abbreviations
I. מֵאָה 583 noun feminine hundred (Late Hebrew id.; MI20 מאתן (dual); SI5 מאת, מאתים (dual); Phoenician מאת מאתם (dual); Assyrian mê (probably, Dl§ 75), Tel Amarna mê-at WklTelAm 20*; Arabic bdb054703 Sabean מאת מאתם OsZMG x. 1856, 49; CISiv. i. 6, 4; 46, 6; מאה EutSin 457; Ethiopic bdb054704; Aramaic מְאָה, bdb054705; Palmyrene תלת מאה 300VogPalm 6, 4; Nabataean מאה EutNab 8, 9); — מ׳ Genesis 6:3 144 times; construct מְאַת Genesis 5:3 + 30 times (on מְאַת Ecclesiastes 8:12 see 2d below); plural absolute מֵאוֺת Genesis 5:9 324 times (מֵאֹת only Genesis 5:4, 30); המאיות Kt 2 Kings 11:4 + 3 times 2 Kings 11; dual מָאתַיִם (תָ֑יִם -) Genesis 11:19 + 76 times (but 1 Samuel 18:27 read מֵאָה (מְאַת) Greek Version of the LXX We Dr Kit Bu HPS); — hundred: —
1. as simple number:
a. absolute singular,
(1) following by singular of noun enumerated: מֵאָה קְשִׂיטָה Genesis 33:19; Joshua 24:32 (both E); אִישׁ מ׳ Judges 7:19; 1 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 4:43; אַמָּה מ׳ 1 Kings 7:2; Ezekiel 40:19 +; כִּכָּר מ׳ 2 Kings 23:33; 2 Chronicles 25:6; 27:5; 36:3; Ezra 8:26; אֶלֶף מ׳ = 100,000 1 Kings 20:29 + 6 times Kings Chronicles; compare also Genesis 17:17 (P), 2 Samuel 8:4; Isaiah 65:20 (twice in verse), and followed by collective noun רֶכֶב 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4, צאֹן 1 Kings 5:3;
(2) less often followed by plural מֵאָה שְׁעָרִים Genesis 26:12 (J), פְּעָמִים מ׳ 2 Samuel 24:3 = 1 Chronicles 21:3, נְבִיאִים מ׳ 1 Kings 18:4, etc.;
(3) seldom, and late, preceded by plural noun: הָרִמֹּנִים מֵאָה Jeremiah 52:23, אַמּוֺת הַמֵּאָה Ezekiel 42:2, compare Ezra 2:69; 2 Chronicles 3:16; 4:8; 29:32;
(4) exceptional is מֵאָה לְכִּכָּרִים כְּלֵי כֶסֶף Ezra 8:26; also, with ellipsis, מֵאָה כֶסֶף Deuteronomy 22:19 (i.e. shekels); מֵאָה קַיִץ 2 Samuel 16:1 (i.e. cakes);
(5) מֵאָה without noun enumerated, especially = a hundred (men, persons) Judges 20:10 (twice in verse); Amos 5:3 (twice in verse); Leviticus 26:8 (twice in verse) (H), 1 Chronicles 12:14; מ׳ Proverbs 17:10 100 (blows), Ecclesiastes 6:3 100 (children), Ecclesiastes 8:12 100 (times). — On Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:39 see below
b. absolute dual,
(1) foll, by singular, מָאתַיִם אִישׁ 1 Samuel 18:27; 1 Samuel 30:10; 2 Samuel 15:11, לֶחֶם מ׳ 1 Samuel 25:18; 2 Samuel 16:1, צִנָּה מ׳ 1 Kings 10:16 2 Chronicles 9:15, אֶלֶף מ׳ 1 Samuel 15:4 +, שָׁנָה מ׳ Genesis 11:23 (P);
(2) less often followed by plural שְׁקָלִים מ׳ Joshua 7:21 (JE), 2 Samuel 14:26, דְּבֵלִים מ׳ 1 Samuel 25:18, אֲנָשִׁים מ׳ 1 Samuel 30:21, compare Ezra 8:4;
(3) also preceded by plural noun: עִוִּים מ׳ Genesis 32:15, רְחֵלִים מ׳ Genesis 32:15 (E), הָרִמּוֺנִים מ׳ 1 Kings 7:20, compare 1 Chronicles 15:8; 2 Chronicles 29:32; Ezra 2:65;
(4) with ellipsis כֶּסֶף מ׳ Judges 17:4;
(5) as predicate, רָאשֵׁיהֶם מ׳ 1 Chronicles 12:32 (33 van d. H).
c. absolute plural ׃מֵא(וֺ)ת —
(1) alone, = hundreds, לְמֵאוֺת 1 Samuel 29:2 by hundreds, so 2 Samuel 18:4 (both + thousands); especially שָׂרֵי (הַ)מּ׳ captains of (the) hundreds Exodus 18:21, 25 (E), 2 Kings 11:4, 9, 10, 15 +;
(2) multiplied, followed by noun enumerated, in singular: אִישׁ שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Judges 7:6, 300 men, compare Judges 7:7; Judges 7:8; Judges 7:16; Judges 8:4; Exodus 12:27 (E), etc.; שָׁנָה אַרְבַּע מ׳ Genesis 15:13 (JE) 400 years; אֶלֶף חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ 2 Samuel 24:9 500,000, compare 2 Chronicles 13:17; רֶכֶב שֵׁשׁ מ׳ Exodus 14:7 (J) 600 chariots; אִישׁ שְׁבַע מ׳ Judges 20:15, 16 700 men; חָלָל שְׁמֹנֶה מ׳ 2 Samuel 23:8 800 slain; רֶכֶב תְּשַׁע מ׳ Judges 4:3, 13 900 chariots;
(3) less often followed by plural noun: שׁוּעָלִים שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Judges 15:4 300 foxes; אֲתוֺנוֺת חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ Job 1:3 500 she-asses, etc.;
(4) rare, and chiefly late, after plural noun מִּלַגְשִׁים שְׁלשׁ מ׳ 1 Kings 11:3 300 concubines, compare 1 Kings 7:42 2 Chronicles 4:13; 1 Chronicles 4:42; 2 Chronicles 14:8 etc.; after.collective noun בָּקָר חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ 2 Chronicles 35:9;
(5) rare is בַּשֶּׁקֶל חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ Exodus 30:24 (P);
(6) ellipsis of n., כֶּסֶף שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Genesis 45:22 (E), etc.
d. construct singular, only followed by singular, and late: מְאַתשָֿׁנָה Genesis 11:10; Genesis 21:5; Genesis 25:7 (all P) + 25 times P, 1 Chronicles 25:9; Esther 1:4 (DrIntr. 124) (also with other numerals, see 2 below); מְאַ֖ת Ecclesiastes 8:12 100 times (מֵאָה מְּעָמִיםׅ, sc. מַּעַם, or perhaps only apparently construct (Köii. 228 compare Ew§ 269 b. 279 e). — Nehemiah 5:11 see 3 below
2. as part of larger number:
a. usually preceding tens and units,
(1) with noun expressed once, or not at all, earlier usage, usually with וְ before ten if no unit follows, otherwise without וְ before ten (see Köii. 218 ff.): מֵאָה וְעֶשֶׂר שָׂרִים Judges 2:8; שִׁשִּׁים וָשֵׁשׁ כִּכָּר שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת 1 Kings 10:14 666 talents, etc. (exceptions are Nehemiah 7:24 and Nehemiah 7:31);
(2) chiefly late, with noun and וְ repeated: שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה מֵאָה שָׁנִים וְשֶׁבַע Genesis 23:1 (P) (compare ואלף אמה ומאת אמה SI5.6 DaExpos. Times. May, 1898).
b. less often, following tens and units, chiefly late, with וְ repeated: — עֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה Numbers 7:86 (P); שֶׁבַע וּשְׁלשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה Exodus 6:16 (P), etc.; with noun after ten and after hundred, חָמֵשׁ וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּשְׁלשׁ מֵאוֺת שָׁנָה Genesis 5:23(P), etc. — On these usages see, further, Köii. 217 ff. DaSynt. §§ 36 R. 3, 37 (d) Ges §§ 97, 134 and especially HernerSynt. d. Zahlw-rter im AT (1893).
3. מְאַת הַכֶּסֶף Nehemiah 5:11 = a hundredth part of the money; but read quite possibly מַשַּׁאת the debt (GeiJüd. Zeitschr. viii. 1870, 227 Gr.)

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3969.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

5:3; 5:3; 5:4; 5:9; 5:23; 5:30; 6:1; 6:3; 11:10; 11:19; 11:23; 15:13; 17:17; 21:5; 23:1; 25:7; 26:12; 32:15; 32:15; 33:19; 45:22

Exodus

6:16; 12:27; 14:7; 18:21; 18:25; 30:24

Leviticus

26:8

Numbers

7:86

Deuteronomy

22:19

Joshua

7:21; 24:32

Judges

2:8; 4:3; 4:13; 7:6; 7:7; 7:8; 7:16; 7:19; 8:4; 15:4; 17:4; 20:10; 20:15; 20:16

1 Samuel

15:4; 18:27; 18:27; 25:18; 25:18; 29:2; 30:10; 30:21

2 Samuel

8:4; 8:4; 14:26; 15:11; 16:1; 16:1; 18:4; 23:8; 24:3; 24:9

1 Kings

5:3; 7:2; 7:20; 7:42; 10:14; 10:16; 11:3; 18:4; 18:13; 20:29

2 Kings

4:43; 11; 11:4; 11:4; 11:9; 11:10; 11:15; 23:33

1 Chronicles

4:42; 12:14; 12:32; 15:8; 18:4; 21:3; 25:9

2 Chronicles

3:16; 4:8; 4:13; 9:15; 13:17; 14:8; 25:6; 27:5; 29:32; 29:32; 35:9; 36:3

Ezra

2:65; 2:69; 8:4; 8:26; 8:26

Nehemiah

3:1; 5:11; 5:11; 7:24; 7:31; 12:39

Esther

1:4

Job

1:3

Proverbs

17:10

Ecclesiastes

6:3; 8:12; 8:12; 8:12

Isaiah

65:20

Jeremiah

52:23

Ezekiel

40:19; 42:2

Amos

5:3

H3967

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Strong's Number H3967 matches the Hebrew מֵאָה (mē'â),
which occurs 583 times in 511 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 11 (Gen 5:3–Gen 23:16)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:3 - Adam had been living for a hundred and thirty years when he had a son like himself, after his image, and gave him the name of Seth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:4 - And after the birth of Seth, Adam went on living for eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:5 - And all the years of Adam's life were nine hundred and thirty: and he came to his end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:6 - And Seth was a hundred and five years old when he became the father of Enosh:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:7 - And he went on living after the birth of Enosh for eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:8 - And all the years of Seth's life were nine hundred and twelve: and he came to his end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:10 - And after the birth of Kenan, Enosh went on living for eight hundred and fifteen years, and had sons and daughters:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:11 - And all the years of Enosh were nine hundred and five: and he came to his end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:13 - And after the birth of Mahalalel, Kenan went on living for eight hundred and forty years, and had sons and daughters:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:14 - And all the years of Kenan's life were nine hundred and ten; and he came to his end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:16 - And after the birth of Jared, Mahalalel went on living for eight hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:17 - And all the years of Mahalalel's life were eight hundred and ninety-five: and he came to his end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:18 - And Jared was a hundred and sixty-two years old when he became the father of Enoch:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:19 - And Jared went on living after the birth of Enoch for eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:20 - And all the years of Jared's life were nine hundred and sixty-two: and he came to his end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:22 - And after the birth of Methuselah, Enoch went on in God's ways for three hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:23 - And all the years of Enoch's life were three hundred and sixty-five:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:25 - And Methuselah was a hundred and eighty-seven years old when he became the father of Lamech:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:26 - And after the birth of Lamech, Methuselah went on living for seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had sons and daughters:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:27 - And all the years of Methuselah's life were nine hundred and sixty-nine: and he came to his end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:28 - And Lamech was a hundred and eighty-two years old when he had a son:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:30 - And after the birth of Noah, Lamech went on living for five hundred and ninety-five years, and had sons and daughters:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:31 - And all the years of Lamech's life were seven hundred and seventy-seven: and he came to his end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:32 - And when Noah was five hundred years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:3 - And the Lord said, My spirit will not be in man for ever, for he is only flesh; so the days of his life will be a hundred and twenty years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:15 - And this is the way you are to make it: it is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:6 - And Noah was six hundred years old when the waters came flowing over all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:11 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep came bursting through, and the windows of heaven were open;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:24 - And the waters were over the earth a hundred and fifty days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:3 - And the waters went slowly back from the earth, and at the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters were lower.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:13 - And in the six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters were dry on the earth: and Noah took the cover off the ark and saw that the face of the earth was dry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:28 - And Noah went on living three hundred and fifty years after the great flow of waters;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:29 - all the years of his life were nine hundred and fifty: and he came to his end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:10 - These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad, two years after the great flow of waters;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:11 - And after the birth of Arpachshad, Shem went on living for five hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:13 - And after the birth of Shelah, Arpachshad went on living for four hundred and three years, and had sons and daughters:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:15 - And after the birth of Eber, Shelah went on living for four hundred and three years, and had sons and daughters:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:17 - And after the birth of Peleg, Eber went on living for four hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:19 - And after the birth of Reu, Peleg went on living for two hundred and nine years, and had sons and daughters:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:21 - And after the birth of Serug, Reu went on living for two hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:23 - And after the birth of Nahor, Serug went on living for two hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:25 - And after the birth of Terah, Nahor went on living for a hundred and nineteen years, and had sons and daughters:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:32 - And all the years of Terah's life were two hundred and five: and Terah came to his end in Haran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14 - And Abram, hearing that his brother's son had been made a prisoner, took a band of his trained men, three hundred and eighteen of them, sons of his house, and went after them as far as Dan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:13 - And he said to Abram, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:17 - Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:5 - Now Abraham was a hundred years old when the birth of Isaac took place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:1 - Now the years of Sarah's life were a hundred and twenty-seven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:15 - My lord, give ear to me: the value of the land is four hundred shekels; what is that between me and you? so put your dead to rest there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 - And Abraham took note of the price fixed by Ephron in the hearing of the children of Heth, and gave him four hundred shekels in current money.

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