Genesis23

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