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Now
Sarah lived
to
be
127
years old.
And
Sarah was
an
hundred
and
seven
and
twenty
years old :
these
were
the
years
of
the
life
of
Sarah
.
She
died in Kiriath-arba
(that
is ,
Hebron )
in the land of Canaan ,
and Abraham went
out
to mourn and to weep for her.
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.
Then
Abraham got
up from beside
his dead wife
and said
to
the Hittites
,
And
Abraham stood
up from before
his dead ,
and spake
unto
the sons
of
Heth
, saying,
“
I am a foreigner
and an
outsider
among
you .
Give me a burial
site
among
you so
that I can
bury my dead. ”
I am a stranger
and a
sojourner
with
you :
give me a possession
of
a
buryingplace
with
you ,
that I may
bury my dead out
of
my
sight
.
The Hittites
replied
to
Abraham,
And
the children
of
Heth
answered
Abraham, saying
unto
him,
“Listen
to
us, sir.
You
are
God’s
chosen
one
among us .
Bury
your
dead
in the finest
of our tombs.
None of us will
withhold his tomb
for
burying
your
dead. ”
Hear
us, my
lord:
thou
art
a
mighty
prince
among us :
in the choice
of our sepulchres
bury
thy
dead;
none of us shall
withhold from
thee
his sepulchre,
but
that
thou
mayest
bury
thy
dead.
Then
Abraham rose
and bowed down
before
the people of the land, the Hittites
.
And
Abraham stood
up,
and bowed himself
to
the people of the land, even
to
the children
of
Heth
.
“
If you
are
willing
for
me
to
bury my dead ,”
he
said
to
them,
“listen
to
me, and approach
Ephron son of Zohar on
my
behalf
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 ,
to
sell
me the cave of Machpelah that
belongs
to
him;
it
is at
the end of his field .
Let
him
sell
it to
me in
your
presence
for full
price,
so
that
I
may
have
a burial
site
. ”
That
he
may
give
me the cave of Machpelah ,
which
he
hath,
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
buryingplace
amongst
you
.
Now
Ephron was
sitting
among the sons
of Heth .
So
in the presence
of all
the Hittites
who
had
come
to
the gate of his city, Ephron
the
Hittite
answered
Abraham
,
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
,
“No
, my lord .
Listen
to
me .
I
give
you
the field, and I
give
you
the cave that is in
it.
I give it to
you
in the presence of my people .
Bury your
dead. ”
Nay
, my lord ,
hear
me :
the field give
I
thee
, and the cave that is therein,
I give it thee;
in the presence of the
sons
of
my people give
I
it
thee:
bury thy
dead.
Again
Abraham bowed down before the people of the land
And
Abraham bowed down himself
before the people of the land .
and said
to
Ephron in their
presence
, “
If you
will
please
listen
to
me
, I will pay
you
the
price
of
the field .
Accept
it from
me, so
that
I may
bury my dead there. ”
And he
spake
unto
Ephron in the
audience
of
the
people
of
the
land
, saying,
But
if thou
wilt
give
it
, I pray
thee,
hear
me:
I
will give
thee
money
for
the field ;
take
it of
me, and
I will
bury my dead there.
Ephron answered Abraham,
And
Ephron answered Abraham, saying
unto
him,
“Listen
to
me,
my lord .
The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver ,
but
what is that between
you
and
me? Bury your
dead. ”
My lord ,
hearken
unto
me:
the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver ;
what is that betwixt
me and
thee
? bury therefore
thy
dead.
Abraham agreed
to
Ephron’s
terms
and weighed out
for
him
the price
he had named in the hearing
of the Hittites:
four hundred shekels of silver, according
to
the
standard
of
the merchants
.
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
.
So
Ephron’s
field at
Machpelah near
Mamre, the cave that
was in
it
, and all the trees within
the
boundaries
of
the field were deeded
over
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
to
Abraham’s
possession in the presence of all
the Hittites
who
had
come
to
the gate of his city.
Unto
Abraham
for
a
possession in the presence of the children
of
Heth,
before
all
that
went
in
at
the gate of his city.
After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah
in the cave of the field at
Machpelah near
Mamre (that
is ,
Hebron )
in the land of Canaan.
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.
So
the field and its
cave were deeded
by
the
Hittites
to
Abraham as
a burial
site
.
And
the field ,
and the
cave that
is
therein,
were made
sure
unto
Abraham for
a possession
of
a
buryingplace
by
the
sons
of
Heth
.
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