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Sarah lived a hundred and twenty-seven years ;
these were the years of the life of Sarah .
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And Sarah died at Kir '
iath-ar '
ba (
that is ,
Hebron )
in the land of Canaan ;
and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her .
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And Abraham rose up from before his dead ,
and said to the Hittites ,
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I am a stranger and a sojourner among you ;
give me property among you for a burying place ,
that I may bury my dead out of my sight ."
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The Hittites answered Abraham ,
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Hear us ,
my lord ;
you are a mighty prince among us .
Bury your dead in the choicest of our sepulchres ;
none of us will withhold from you his sepulchre ,
or hinder you from burying your dead ."
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Abraham rose and bowed to the Hittites ,
the people of the land .
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And he said to them , "
If you are willing that I should bury my dead out of my sight ,
hear me ,
and entreat for me Ephron the son of Zohar ,
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that he may give me the cave of Mach-pe '
lah ,
which he owns ;
it is at the end of his field .
For the full price let him give it to me in your presence as a possession for a burying place ."
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Now Ephron was sitting among the Hittites ;
and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the Hittites ,
of all who went in at the gate of his city ,
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No ,
my lord ,
hear me ;
I give you the field ,
and I give you the cave that is in it ;
in the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you ;
bury your dead ."
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Then Abraham bowed down before the people of the land .
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And he said to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land , "
But if you will ,
hear me ;
I will give the price of the field ;
accept it from me ,
that I may bury my dead there ."
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Ephron answered Abraham ,
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My lord ,
listen to me ;
a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver ,
what is that between you and me ?
Bury your dead ."
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Abraham agreed with Ephron ;
and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the Hittites ,
four hundred shekels of silver ,
according to the weights current among the merchants .
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So the field of Ephron in Mach-pe '
lah ,
which was to the east of Mamre ,
the field with the cave which was in it and all the trees that were in the field ,
throughout its whole area ,
was made over
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to Abraham as a possession in the presence of the Hittites ,
before all who went in at the gate of his city .
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After this ,
Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Mach-pe '
lah east of Mamre (
that is ,
Hebron )
in the land of Canaan .
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The field and the cave that is in it were made over to Abraham as a possession for a burying place by the Hittites .