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