GENESIS Chapter 23
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23:1 Sarah lived to
be 127 years old. |
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23:2 She died in
Hebron in the land of Canaan, and Abraham mourned
her death. |
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23:3 He left the
place where his wife's body was lying, went to the Hittites, and said, |
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23:4 "I am a
foreigner living here among you; sell me some land, so that I can bury my
wife." |
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23:5 They answered,
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23:6 "Listen
to us, sir. We look upon you as a mighty leader; bury your wife in the best
grave that we have. Any of us would be glad to give you a grave, so that you
can bury her." |
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23:7 Then Abraham
bowed before them |
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23:8 and said,
"If you are willing to let me bury my wife here, please ask Ephron son
of Zohar |
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23:9 to sell me Machpelah Cave, which is near the edge of his field. Ask
him to sell it to me for its full price, here in your presence, so that I can
own it as a burial ground." |
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23:10 Ephron himself
was sitting with the other Hittites at the meeting place at the city gate; he
answered in the hearing of everyone there, |
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23:11 "Listen,
sir; I will give you the whole field and the cave that is in it. Here in the
presence of my own people, I will give it to you, so that you can bury your
wife." |
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23:12 But Abraham
bowed before the Hittites |
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23:13 and said to
Ephron, so that everyone could hear, "May I ask you, please, to listen.
I will buy the whole field. Accept my payment, and I will bury my wife
there." |
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23:14 Ephron
answered, |
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23:15 "Sir, land
worth only four hundred pieces of silver---what is that between us? Bury your
wife in it." |
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23:16 Abraham agreed
and weighed out the amount that Ephron had mentioned in the hearing of the
people---four hundred pieces of silver, according to the standard weights
used by the merchants. |
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23:17 That is how
the property which had belonged to Ephron at Machpelah
east of Mamre, became Abraham's. It included the
field, the cave which was in it, and all the trees in the field up to the
edge of the property. |
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23:18 It was
recognized as Abraham's property by all the Hittites who were there at the
meeting. |
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23:19 Then Abraham
buried his wife Sarah in that cave in the land of Canaan. |
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23:20 So the field
which had belonged to the Hittites, and the cave in it, became the property
of Abraham for a burial ground. |
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