Genesis:23

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drb @Genesis:23:1 @And Sara lived a hundred and twenty-seven years . drb @Genesis:23:2 @And she died in the city of Arbee which is Hebron , in the land of Chanaan : and Abraham came to mourn and weep for her . drb @Genesis:23:3 @And after he rose up from the funeral obsequies , he spoke to the children of Heth , saying : drb @Genesis:23:4 @I am a stranger and sojourner among you : give me the right of a burying-place with you , that I may bury my dead . drb @Genesis:23:5 @The children of Heth answered , saying : drb @Genesis:23:6 @My Lord , hear us , thou art a prince of God among us : bury thy dead in our principle sepulchers : and no man shall have power to hinder thee from burying thy dead in his sepulcher . drb @Genesis:23:7 @Abraham rose up , and bowed down to the people of the land , to wit the children of Heth : drb @Genesis:23:8 @And said to them : If it please your soul that I should bury my dead , hear me , and intercede for me to Ephron the son of Seor . drb @Genesis:23:9 @That he may give me the double cave , which he hath in the end of his field : for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me before you , for a possession of a buryingplace . drb @Genesis:23:10 @Now Ephron dwelt in the midst of the children of Heth . And Ephron made answer to Abraham in the hearing of all that went in at the gate of the city , saying : drb @Genesis:23:11 @Let it not be so , my lord , but do thou rather hearken to what I say : The field I deliver to thee , and the cave that is therein , in the presence of the children of my people , bury thy dead . drb @Genesis:23:12 @Abraham bowed down before the people of the land , drb @Genesis:23:13 @And he spoke to Ephron , in the presence of the people : I beseech thee to hear me : I will give money for the field : take it , and so I will bury my dead in it . drb @Genesis:23:14 @And Ephron answered : drb @Genesis:23:15 @My lord , hear me . The ground which thou desirest , is worth four hundred sicles of silver : this is the price between me and thee : but what is this ? bury thy dead . drb @Genesis:23:16 @And when Abraham had heard this , he weighed out the money that Ephron had asked , in the hearing of the children of Heth , four hundred sicles of silver of common current money . drb @Genesis:23:17 @And the field that before was Ephron 's , wherein was the double cave , looking towards Mambre , both it and the cave , and all the trees thereof in all its limits round about , drb @Genesis:23:18 @Was made sure to Abraham for a possession , in the sight of the children of Heth , and of all that went in at the gate of his city drb @Genesis:23:19 @And so Abraham buried Sara his wife , in a double cave of the field , that looked towards Mambre , this is Hebron in the land of Chanaan . drb @Genesis:23:20 @And the field was made sure to Abraham , and the cave that was in it , for a possession to bury in , by the children of Heth .

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