“A brother asked an old man, "What shall I do for my sins?" He replied, "He who desires to be free from his sins shall be freed from them by weeping, and he who wishes to build virtues in himself will build them by weeping. Even the Scriptures are composed of mourning, for our fathers said to their disciples, 'Wail.' T…”
Martin of Braga, 6th c. — SAYINGS OF THE EGYPTIAN FATHERS 33-34
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2And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; 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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1And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.
— Genesis 23:2 —
3And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
4I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.