strkjv@Genesis:23:1
@ And
Sarah
was an
hundred
H8141and
seven
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@: 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
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
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
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
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
of the
field
of
Machpelah
before
Mamre
: the same is
Hebron
in the
land
of
Canaan
K@.
strkjv@Genesis: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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