The Latter Days - Genesis Chapter 23

Gen 23:1 And Sarah [08283] was an hundred [03967] [08141] and seven [07651] [08141] and twenty [06242] years [08141] old [02416]: [these were] the years [08141] of the life [02416] of Sarah [08283].
Gen 23:2 And Sarah [08283] died [04191] (8799) in Kirjatharba [07153]; the same is Hebron [02275] in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667]: and Abraham [085] came [0935] (8799) to mourn [05594] (8800) for Sarah [08283], and to weep [01058] (8800) for her.
Gen 23:3 And Abraham [085] stood up [06965] (8799) from before [06440] his dead [04191] (8801), and spake [01696] (8762) unto the sons [01121] of Heth [02845], saying [0559] (8800),
Gen 23:4 I [am] a stranger [01616] and a sojourner [08453] with you: give [05414] (8798) me a possession [0272] of a buryingplace [06913] with you, that I may bury [06912] (8799) my dead [04191] (8801) out of my sight [06440].
Gen 23:5 And the children [01121] of Heth [02845] answered [06030] (8799) Abraham [085], saying [0559] (8800) unto him,
Gen 23:6 Hear us [08085] (8798), my lord [0113]: thou art a mighty [0430] prince [05387] among us [08432]: in the choice [04005] of our sepulchres [06913] bury [06912] (8798) thy dead [04191] (8801); none [03808] [0376] of us shall withhold [03607] (8799) from thee his sepulchre [06913], but that thou mayest bury [06912] (8800) thy dead [04191] (8801).
Gen 23:7 And Abraham [085] stood up [06965] (8799), and bowed [07812] (8691) himself to the people [05971] of the land [0776], [even] to the children [01121] of Heth [02845].
Gen 23:8 And he communed [01696] (8762) with them, saying [0559] (8800), If it be [03426] your mind [05315] that I should bury [06912] (8800) my dead [04191] (8801) out of my sight [06440]; hear [08085] (8798) me, and intreat [06293] (8798) for me to Ephron [06085] the son [01121] of Zohar [06714],
Gen 23:9 That he may give [05414] (8799) me the cave [04631] of Machpelah [04375], which he hath, which is in the end [07097] of his field [07704]; for as much [04392] [00] money [03701] as it is worth [04392] he shall give it [05414] (8799) me for a possession [0272] of a buryingplace [06913] amongst you [08432].
Gen 23:10 And Ephron [06085] dwelt [03427] (8802) among [08432] the children [01121] of Heth [02845]: and Ephron [06085] the Hittite [02850] answered [06030] (8799) Abraham [085] in the audience [0241] of the children [01121] of Heth [02845], [even] of all that went in [0935] (8802) at the gate [08179] of his city [05892], saying [0559] (8800),
Gen 23:11 Nay [03808], my lord [0113], hear me [08085] (8798): the field [07704] give I [05414] (8804) thee, and the cave [04631] that is therein, I give it [05414] (8804) thee; in the presence [05869] of the sons [01121] of my people [05971] give [05414] (8804) I it thee: bury [06912] (8798) thy dead [04191] (8801).
Gen 23:12 And Abraham [085] bowed down [07812] (8691) himself before [06440] the people [05971] of the land [0776].
Gen 23:13 And he spake [01696] (8762) unto Ephron [06085] in the audience [0241] of the people [05971] of the land [0776], saying [0559] (8800), But if thou [wilt give it], I pray thee [03863], hear [08085] (8798) me: I will give [05414] (8804) thee money [03701] for the field [07704]; take [03947] (8798) [it] of me, and I will bury [06912] (8799) my dead [04191] (8801) there.
Gen 23:14 And Ephron [06085] answered [06030] (8799) Abraham [085], saying [0559] (8800) unto him,
Gen 23:15 My lord [0113], hearken [08085] (8798) unto me: the land [0776] [is worth] four [0702] hundred [03967] shekels [08255] of silver [03701]; what is that betwixt [0996] me and thee? bury [06912] (8798) therefore thy dead [04191] (8801).
Gen 23:16 And Abraham [085] hearkened [08085] (8799) unto Ephron [06085]; and Abraham [085] weighed [08254] (8799) to Ephron [06085] the silver [03701], which he had named [01696] (8765) in the audience [0241] of the sons [01121] of Heth [02845], four [0702] hundred [03967] shekels [08255] of silver [03701], current [05674] (8802) [money] with the merchant [05503] (8802).
Gen 23:17 And the field [07704] of Ephron [06085], which was in Machpelah [04375], which was before [06440] Mamre [04471], the field [07704], and the cave [04631] which was therein, and all the trees [06086] that were in the field [07704], that were in all the borders [01366] round about [05439], were made sure [06965] (8799)
Gen 23:18 Unto Abraham [085] for a possession [04736] in the presence [05869] of the children [01121] of Heth [02845], before all that went in [0935] (8802) at the gate [08179] of his city [05892].
Gen 23:19 And after [0310] this [03651], Abraham [085] buried [06912] (8804) Sarah [08283] his wife [0802] in the cave [04631] of the field [07704] of Machpelah [04375] before [06440] Mamre [04471]: the same is Hebron [02275] in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667].
Gen 23:20 And the field [07704], and the cave [04631] that is therein, were made sure [06965] (8799) unto Abraham [085] for a possession [0272] of a buryingplace [06913] by the sons [01121] of Heth [02845].

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