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GE-23:1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old:
[these were] the years of the life of Sarah.
GE-23:2 And 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.
GE-23:3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake
unto the
sons of Heth, saying,
GE-23:4 I [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.
GE-23:5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto
him,
GE-23:6 Hear us, my lord: thou [art] a mighty prince among us:
in the
choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall
withhold from
thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
GE-23:7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people
of the
land, [even] to the children of Heth.
GE-23:8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind
that I
should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and entreat for me
to
Ephron the son of Zohar,
GE-23:9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he
hath,
which [is] in the end of his field; for as much money as it is
worth
he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst
you.
GE-23:10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and
Ephron the
Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth,
[even] of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
GE-23:11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the
cave
that [is] therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons
of my
people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
GE-23:12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the
land.
GE-23:13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people
of
the land, saying, But if thou [wilt give it], I pray thee, hear
me: I
will give thee money for the field; take [it] of me, and I will
bury
my dead there.
GE-23:14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
GE-23:15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land [is worth] four
hundred
shekels of silver; what [is] that betwixt me and thee? bury
therefore
thy dead.
GE-23:16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed
to
Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the
sons of
Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current [money] with the
merchant.
GE-23:17 And the field of Ephron, which [was] in Machpelah,
which
[was] before Mamre, the field, and the cave which [was] therein,
and
all the trees that [were] in the field, that [were] in all the
borders
round about, were made sure
GE-23:18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the
children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his
city.
GE-23:19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the
cave of
the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same [is] Hebron in the
land
of Canaan.
GE-23:20 And the field, and the cave that [is] therein, were
made
sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons
of
Heth.
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