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Abraham Buys the Cave of Machpelah from Ephron
by KandD
23
:
3
Genesis 23:3
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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 Kirjath-arba; the same
is
Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
4
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.
5
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
6
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.
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 intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
9
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.
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
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.
12
And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
13
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.
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 betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy 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 buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
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