strkjv@Genesis:23:1 @ And Sarah was an hundred me'ah# and seven sheba# and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.
strkjv@Genesis:23:2 @ And Sarah died in Kirjatharba Qiryath; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan K@na'an#: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
strkjv@Genesis:23:3 @ And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
strkjv@Genesis: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.
strkjv@Genesis:23:5 @ And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
strkjv@Genesis:23:6 @ Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none lo# of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
strkjv@Genesis:23:7 @ And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
strkjv@Genesis: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,
strkjv@Genesis:23:9 @ That he may give me the cave m@#arah# 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.
strkjv@Genesis: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,
strkjv@Genesis:23:11 @ Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave m@#arah# that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
strkjv@Genesis:23:12 @ And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
strkjv@Genesis: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.
strkjv@Genesis:23:14 @ And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
strkjv@Genesis: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.
strkjv@Genesis: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.
strkjv@Genesis:23:17 @ And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave m@#arah# which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure
strkjv@Genesis: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.
strkjv@Genesis:23:19 @ And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave m@#arah# of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan K@na'an#.
strkjv@Genesis:23:20 @ And the field, and the cave m@#arah# that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
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