ASV_Strong : Genesis 23
1. And the life of Sarah[H8283] was[H2416] a hundred[H3967] and seven[H7651] and twenty[H6242] years[H8141]: these were the years[H8141] of the life[H2416] of Sarah[H8283].
2. And Sarah[H8283] died[H4191] in Kiriath-arba[H7153] (the same is Hebron[H2275]), in the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667]: and Abraham[H85] came[H935] to mourn[H5594] for Sarah[H8283], and to weep for her[H1058].
3. And Abraham[H85] rose up[H6965] from before[H6440] his dead[H4191], and spake[H1696] unto the children[H1121] of Heth[H2845], saying[H559],
4. I am a stranger[H1616] and a sojourner[H8453] with you[H5414]: give me a possession[H272] of a burying-place[H6913] with you[H6912], that I may bury my dead[H4191] out of my sight[H6440].
5. And the children[H1121] of Heth[H2845] answered[H6030] Abraham[H85], saying unto him[H559],
6. Hear us[H8085], my lord[H113]; thou art a prince[H5387] of God[H430] among us[H8432]: in the choice[H4005] of our sepulchres[H6913] bury[H6912] thy dead[H4191]; none[H3808] of us shall withhold[H3607] from thee his sepulchre[H6913], but that thou mayest bury[H6912] thy dead[H4191].
7. And Abraham[H85] rose up[H6965], and bowed[H7812] himself to the people[H5971] of the land[H776], even to the children[H1121] of Heth[H2845].
8. And he communed[H1696] with them[H559], saying, If it be[H3426] your mind[H5315] that I should bury[H6912] my dead[H4191] out of my sight[H6440], hear[H8085] me[H6293], and entreat for me to Ephron[H6085] the son[H1121] of Zohar[H6714],
9. that he may give[H5414] me the cave[H4631] of Machpelah[H4375], which he hath[H7097], which is in the end of his field[H7704]; for the[H4392] full[H4392] price[H3701] let him give it[H5414] to me in the midst of you[H8432] for a possession[H272] of a burying-place[H6913].
10. Now Ephron[H6085] was sitting[H3427] in the midst[H8432] of the children[H1121] of Heth[H2845]: and Ephron[H6085] the Hittite[H2850] answered[H6030] Abraham[H85] in the audience[H241] of the children[H1121] of Heth[H2845], even of all that went in[H935] at the gate[H8179] of his city[H5892], saying[H559],
11. Nay[H3808], my lord[H113], hear me[H8085]: the field[H7704] give I[H5414] thee[H4631], and the cave that is therein[H5414], I give it thee[H5869]; in the presence of the children[H1121] of my people[H5971] give[H5414] I it thee[H6912]: bury thy dead[H4191].
12. And Abraham[H85] bowed himself down[H7812] before[H6440] the people[H5971] of the land[H776].
13. And he spake[H1696] unto Ephron[H6085] in the audience[H241] of the people[H5971] of the land[H776], saying[H559], But if thou wilt[H8085], I pray thee, hear me[H5414]: I will give the price[H3701] of the field[H7704]; take[H3947] it of me[H6912], and I will bury my dead there[H4191].
14. And Ephron[H6085] answered[H6030] Abraham[H85], saying unto him[H559],
15. My lord[H113], hearken[H8085] unto me[H776]: a piece of land worth four[H702] hundred[H3967] shekels[H8255] of silver[H3701], what is that betwixt[H996] me and thee[H6912]? bury therefore thy dead[H4191].
16. And Abraham[H85] hearkened[H8085] unto Ephron[H6085]; and Abraham[H85] weighed[H8254] to Ephron[H6085] the silver[H3701] which he had named[H1696] in the audience[H241] of the children[H1121] of Heth[H2845], four[H702] hundred[H3967] shekels[H8255] of silver[H3701], current[H5674] money with the merchant[H5503].
17. So the field[H7704] of Ephron[H6085], which was in Machpelah[H4375], which was before[H6440] Mamre[H4471], the field[H7704], and the cave[H4631] which was therein[H6086], and all the trees that were in the field[H7704], that were in all the border[H1366] thereof round about[H5439], were made sure[H6965]
18. unto Abraham[H85] for a possession[H4736] in the presence[H5869] of the children[H1121] of Heth[H2845], before all that went in[H935] at the gate[H8179] of his city[H5892].
19. And after[H310] this[H3651], Abraham[H85] buried[H6912] Sarah[H8283] his wife[H802] in the cave[H4631] of the field[H7704] of Machpelah[H4375] before[H6440] Mamre[H4471] (the same is Hebron[H2275]), in the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667].
20. And the field[H7704], and the cave[H4631] that is therein[H6965], were made sure unto Abraham[H85] for a possession[H272] of a burying-place[H6913] by the children[H1121] of Heth[H2845].
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