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Genesis

1 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 Kir­jathar­ba; the same is He­bron in the land of Canaan: and Abra­ham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. 3 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.