Genesis - Chapter 23 | King James Version (KJV)

  • 1. And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: {cf15I these were} the years of the life of Sarah.
  • 2. And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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, {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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, {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I wilt give it}, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take {cf15I 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 {cf15I is worth} four hundred shekels of silver; what {cf15I 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 {cf15I money} with the merchant.
  • 17. And the field of Ephron, which {cf15I was} in Machpelah, which {cf15I was} before Mamre, the field, and the cave which {cf15I was} therein, and all the trees that {cf15I were} in the field, that {cf15I 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 {cf15I is} Hebron in the land of Canaan.
  • 20. And the field, and the cave that {cf15I is} therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
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