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Chapter 23
1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old.
These were the years of the life of Sarah.
2
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.
3
And Abraham stood up from before his dead,
and
spoke unto the sons of Heth, saying, 4
"I
am a stranger and a sojourner with you.
Give
me a possession of a burying place with you,
that
I may bury my dead out of my sight."
5
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, 6
"Hear
us, my lord.
You are a mighty prince among us.
In the choice of our sepulchers bury your dead.
None
of us shall withhold from you his sepulcher,
but
that you may bury your dead.
7
And Abraham stood up,
and
bowed himself to the people of the land,
even
to the children of Heth.
8
And he communed with them, saying,
"If
it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight;
hear
me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, 9
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 me for a possession of a burying place amongst you."
10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth.
And
Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham
in
the audience of the children of Heth,
even
of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, 11
"No,
my lord, hear me . . . the field I give you,
and
the cave that is therein, I give it to you . . .
in
the presence of the sons of my people
I
give it to you. Bury your dead."
12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
13
And he spoke unto Ephron
in
the audience of the people of the land, saying,
"But
if you will give it, please/'I pray you', hear me . . .
I
will give you money for the field;
take
it of me, and I will bury my dead there."
14
And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, 15
"My
lord, hearken unto me . . .
the
land is worth four hundred shekels of silver;
what
is that between you and me?
Bury
therefore your dead."
16
And 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.
17
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 18
unto
Abraham for a possession
in
the presence of the children of Heth,
before
all that went in at the gate of his city.
19
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.
20
And the field, and the cave that is therein,
were
made sure unto Abraham
for
a possession of a burying place by the sons of Heth.
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