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Chapter 23 |
| 1 | And Sarah was
an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of
Sarah. |
| 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. |
| 3 |
And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth,
saying, |
| 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. |
| 5 |
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, |
| 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. |
| 7 | And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to
the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. |
| 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, |
| 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. |
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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, |
| 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. |
| 12 | And Abraham bowed down
himself before the people of the land. |
| 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. |
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14 | And Ephron answered Abraham, saying
unto him, |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
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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. |
| 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. |
