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And Sarah
was an hundred and seven and twenty years old:
these were the years of the life of Sarah.
02 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.
03 And Abraham stood up from before his
dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
04 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.
05 And the children of Heth answered
Abraham, saying unto him,
06 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.
07 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself
to the people of the land, even to the children
of Heth.
08 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,
09 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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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