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HOLY BIBLE
BOOK OF GENESIS
GENESIS 23
1Now Sarah lived one hundred and twenty seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.
2And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is Hebron) in the land of Canaan; and Abraham went to mourn and weep for her.
3Then Abraham rose from beside his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
4I am a stranger and a sojourner among you. Grant me property for a burial site among you, so that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
5The Hittites answered Abraham, saying to him;
6Hear us, my lord: you are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our burial places; none of us will withhold his burial place from you for burying your dead.
7Then Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, the Hittites,
8And he said them, If you agree that I may bury my dead, then hear me out. Entreat for me Ephron the son of Zohar,
9That he may sell me the cave of Machpelah, which he owns, which is at the end of his field. For as much money as it is worth he shall sell it to me before you, for a burial site in your midst.
10Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth, and of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
11No, my lord, hear me: I give you the field and I give you the cave that is in it; I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.
12And Abraham bowed down before the people of the land,
13And said to Ephron in their hearing, Hear me if you will. I will give you money for the field, take it from me, and I will bury my dead there.
14Ephron answered Abraham, saying,
15My lord, hear me. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Go and bury your dead.
16Abraham agreed with Ephron, and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, at the going merchants' rate.
17So the field of Ephron in Machpelah, which was east of Mamre, the field with its cave and all the trees within the borders of the field, was deeded
18To Abraham for a possession in the presence of the Hittites, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
19After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah facing Mamre (that is Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
20So the field with its cave passed from the Hittites to Abraham, as a burial site.
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