Genesis:23

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* And the life of Sarah came to be , a hundred and twenty-seven years , the years of the life of Sarah . * And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba , the same , is Hebron in the land of Canaan , and Abraham went in to wail for Sarah and to weep for her . * And Abraham rose up from over the face of his dead , and spake unto the sons of Heth , saying ; * A sojourner and settler , am I with you , Give me a possession of a buryingplace with you , That I may bury my dead , from before me . * And the sons of Heth answered Abraham , saying to him : * Hear us , my lord ! A prince of God , art thou in our midst , In the choice of our buryingplaces , bury thy dead , Not , a man from among us his , burying-place , will withhold from thee , from burying thy dead . * And Abraham rose up , and bowed himself down to the people of the land , to the sons of Heth ; * and spake with them , saying , If it is with the consent of your minds that I should bury my dead from before me , hear me , and intercede for me , with Ephron son of Zohar : * That he would give me , the cave of Machpelah , which pertaineth unto him , which is within the bounds of his field , For full silver , let him give it me in your midst , For a possession of a buryingplace . * Now , Ephron , was sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth , so Ephron the Hittite responded to Abraham , in the ears of the sons of Heth , even all that were entering the gate of his city , saying : * Nay , my lord , hear me , The field , have I given to thee And , the cave that is therein , to thee , have I given it , In the eyes of the sons of my people , have I given it thee Bury thy dead . * So Abraham boweth himself down , before the people of the land : * and spake unto Ephron in the ears of the people of the land saying , Only if , thou , wouldst , hear me , I have given the silver of the field Take it of me , That I may bury my dead here . * And Ephron responded to Abraham , saying to him , * My lord , hear me , Land worth four hundred shekels of silverbetwixt me and thee , what is that ? And thy dead ., bur . thou . * And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron , and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver of which he had spoken in the ears of the sons of Heth , four hundred shekels of silver , current with the merchant , * So was con-firmed the field of Ephron , which is in Machpelah , which is before Mamre , the field and the cave which is therein , and all the timber which was in the field , which was in all the boundary thereof round about , * to Abraham as a purchase in the eyes of the sons of Heth , with all who were entering the gate of his city . * And after this , did Abraham bury Sarah his wife , within the cave of the field of Machpelah , over against Mamre , the same , is Hebron , in the land of Canaan . * So was confirmed the field with the cave which was therein to Abraham , for a possession of a buryingplace , from the sons of Heth .

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