Genesis:23

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ylt @Genesis:23:1 @And the life of Sarah is a hundred and twenty and seven years -- years of the life of Sarah ; ylt @Genesis:23:2 @and Sarah dieth in Kirjath-Arba , which [is ] Hebron , in the land of Caanan , and Abraham goeth in to mourn for Sarah , and to bewail her . ylt @Genesis:23:3 @And Abraham riseth up from the presence of his dead , and speaketh unto the sons of Heth , saying , ylt @Genesis:23:4 @'A sojourner and a settler I [am ] with you ; give to me a possession of a burying-place with you , and I bury my dead from before me .' ylt @Genesis:23:5 @And the sons of Heth answer Abraham , saying to him , ylt @Genesis:23:6 @'Hear us , my lord ; a prince of God [art ] thou in our midst ; in the choice of our burying-places bury thy dead : none of us his burying-place doth withhold from thee , from burying thy dead .' ylt @Genesis:23:7 @And Abraham riseth and boweth himself to the people of the land , to the sons of Heth , ylt @Genesis:23:8 @and he speaketh with them , saying , 'If it is your desire to bury my dead from before me , hear me , and meet for me with Ephron , son of Zoar ; ylt @Genesis:23:9 @and he giveth to me the cave of Machpelah , which he hath , which [is ] in the extremity of his field ; for full money doth he give it to me , in your midst , for a possession of a burying-place .' ylt @Genesis:23:10 @And Ephron is sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth , and Ephron the Hittite answereth Abraham in the ears of the sons of Heth , of all those entering the gate of his city , saying , ylt @Genesis:23:11 @'Nay , my lord , hear me : the field I have given to thee , and the cave that [is ] in it , to thee I have given it ; before the eyes of the sons of my people I have given it to thee -- bury thy dead .' ylt @Genesis:23:12 @And Abraham boweth himself before the people of the land , ylt @Genesis:23:13 @and speaketh unto Ephron in the ears of the people of the land , saying , 'Only -- if thou wouldst hear me -- I have given the money of the field -- accept from me , and I bury my dead there .' ylt @Genesis:23:14 @And Ephron answereth Abraham , saying to him , ylt @Genesis:23:15 @'My lord , hear me : the land -- four hundred shekels of silver ; between me and thee , what [is ] it ? -- thy dead bury .' ylt @Genesis:23:16 @And Abraham hearkeneth unto Ephron , and Abraham weigheth to Ephron the silver which he hath spoken of in the ears of the sons of Heth , four hundred silver shekels , passing with the merchant . ylt @Genesis:23:17 @And established are the field of Ephron , which [is ] in Machpelah , which [is ] before Mamre , the field and the cave which [is ] in it , and all the trees which [are ] in the field , which [are ] in all its border round about , ylt @Genesis:23:18 @to Abraham by purchase , before the eyes of the sons of Heth , among all entering the gate of his city . ylt @Genesis:23:19 @And after this hath Abraham buried Sarah his wife at the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (which [is ] Hebron ), in the land of Canaan ; ylt @Genesis:23:20 @and established are the field , and the cave which [is ] in it , to Abraham for a possession of a burying-place , from the sons of Heth .

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