Genesis:23

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* And Sarah was one hundred and twenty-seven years old ; [these were ] the years of the life of Sarah . * 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 . * And Abraham stood up from before his dead and spoke unto the sons of Heth , saying , * 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 . * And the sons of Heth answered Abraham , saying unto him , * Hear us , my lord ; thou [art ] a prince of God among us ; in the best of our sepulchres bury thy dead ; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre so that thou may bury thy dead . * And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land , [even ] to the sons of Heth . * And he communed with them , saying , If it is your desire that I should bury my dead out of my sight , hear me and intercede for me to Ephron , the son of Zohar , * that he may give me the cave of Machpelah , which he has , which [is ] in the end of his field ; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it [to ] me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you . * This Ephron dwelt among the sons of Heth ; and Ephron , the Hittite , answered Abraham in the audience of the sons of Heth , [even ] of all that went in at the gate of his city , saying , * No , my lord , hear me ; I give thee the field , and the cave that [is ] therein , I give it [to ] thee ; in the presence of the sons of my people I give it [to ] thee ; bury thy dead . * And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land . * And he spoke 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 . * And Ephron answered Abraham , saying unto him , * My lord , hearken unto me : the land [is worth ] four hundred shekels of silver ; what [is ] that between me and thee ? bury therefore thy dead . * Then 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 . * 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 * unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the sons of Heth , before all that went in at the gate of his city . * 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 . * 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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