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GEN 23:1
Genesis 23:1
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And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty
years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. |
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GEN 23:2
Genesis 23:2
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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. |
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GEN 23:3
Genesis 23:3
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And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and
spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, |
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GEN 23:4
Genesis 23:4
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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. |
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GEN 23:5
Genesis 23:5
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And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying
unto him, |
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GEN 23:6
Genesis 23:6
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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. |
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GEN 23:7
Genesis 23:7
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And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the
people of the land, even to the children of Heth. |
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GEN 23:8
Genesis 23:8
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And he communed with them, saying, If it be
your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for
me to Ephron the son of Zohar, |
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GEN 23:9
Genesis 23:9
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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. |
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GEN 23:10
Genesis 23:10
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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, |
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GEN 23:11
Genesis 23:11
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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. |
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GEN 23:12
Genesis 23:12
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And Abraham bowed down himself before the people
of the land. |
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GEN 23:13
Genesis 23:13
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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. |
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GEN 23:14
Genesis 23:14
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And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, |
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GEN 23:15
Genesis 23:15
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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. |
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GEN 23:16
Genesis 23:16
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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. |
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GEN 23:17
Genesis 23:17
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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 |
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GEN 23:18
Genesis 23:18
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Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence
of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. |
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GEN 23:19
Genesis 23:19
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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. |
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GEN 23:20
Genesis 23:20
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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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