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Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; [these were] the years of the life of Sarah. |
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So Sarah died in Kirjath Arba (that [is,] Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. |
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Then Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying, |
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"I [am] a foreigner and a visitor among you. Give me property for a burial place among you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight." |
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And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, |
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"Hear us, my lord: You [are] a mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our burial places. None of us will withhold from you his burial place, that you may bury your dead." |
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Then Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land, the sons of Heth. |
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And he spoke with them, saying, "If it is your wish that I bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and meet with Ephron the son of Zohar for me, |
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"that he may give me the cave of Machpelah which he has, which [is] at the end of his field. Let him give it to me at the full price, as property for a burial place among you." |
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Now Ephron dwelt among the sons of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the presence of the sons of Heth, all who entered at the gate of his city, saying, |
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"No, my lord, hear me: I give you the field and the cave that [is] in it; I give it to you in the presence of the sons of my people. I give it to you. Bury your dead!" |
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Then Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land; |
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and he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, "If you [will give it,] please hear me. I will give you money for the field; take [it] from me and I will bury my dead there." |
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And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, |
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"My lord, listen to me; the land [is worth] four hundred shekels of silver. What [is] that between you and me? So bury your dead." |
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And Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed out the silver for Ephron which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, currency of the merchants. |
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So the field of Ephron which [was] in Machpelah, which [was] before Mamre, the field and the cave which [was] in it, and all the trees that [were] in the field, which [were] within all the surrounding borders, were deeded |
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to Abraham as a possession in the presence of the sons of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city. |
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And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre (that [is,] Hebron) in the land of Canaan. |
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So the field and the cave that [is] in it were deeded to Abraham by the sons of Heth as property for a burial place. |
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