Genesis - Chapter 23

And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old these were the years of the life of Sarah.
GENESIS 23:1
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.
GENESIS 23:2
And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
GENESIS 23:3
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.
GENESIS 23:4
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
GENESIS 23:5
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.
GENESIS 23:6
And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
GENESIS 23:7
And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
GENESIS 23:8
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.
GENESIS 23:9
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,
GENESIS 23:10
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.
GENESIS 23:11
And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
GENESIS 23:12
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.
GENESIS 23:13
And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
GENESIS 23:14
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.
GENESIS 23:15
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.
GENESIS 23:16
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
GENESIS 23:17
Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
GENESIS 23:18
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.
GENESIS 23:19
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.
GENESIS 23:20
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