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Genesis 23 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:1 - And Sarah H8283 was an hundred H3967 H8141 and seven H7651 H8141 and twenty H6242 years H8141 old: H2416 these were the years H8141 of the life H2416 of Sarah. H8283
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:2 - And Sarah H8283 died H4191 in Kirjatharba; 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 H1058 for her.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:3 - And Abraham H85 stood up H6965 from before H6440 his dead, H4191 and spake H1696 unto the sons H1121 of Heth, H2845 saying, H559
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:4 - I am a stranger H1616 and a sojourner H8453 with you: give H5414 me a possession H272 of a buryingplace H6913 with you, that I may bury H6912 my dead H4191 out of my sight. H6440
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:5 - And the children H1121 of Heth H2845 answered H6030 Abraham, H85 saying H559 unto him,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:6 - Hear us, H8085 my lord: H113 thou art a mighty H430 prince H5387 among us: H8432 in the choice H4005 of our sepulchres H6913 bury H6912 thy dead; H4191 none H3808 H376 of us shall withhold H3607 from thee his sepulchre, H6913 but that thou mayest bury H6912 thy dead. H4191
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:7 - And Abraham H85 stood up, H6965 and bowed H7812 himself to the people H5971 of the land, H776 even to the children H1121 of Heth. H2845
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:8 - And he communed H1696 with them, saying, H559 If it be H3426 your mind H5315 that I should bury H6912 my dead H4191 out of my sight; H6440 hear H8085 me, and intreat H6293 for me to Ephron H6085 the son H1121 of Zohar, H6714
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:9 - That he may give H5414 me the cave H4631 of Machpelah, H4375 which he hath, which is in the end H7097 of his field; H7704 for as much H4392  money H3701 as it is worth H4392 he shall give it H5414 me for a possession H272 of a buryingplace H6913 amongst you. H8432
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:10 - And Ephron H6085 dwelt H3427 among H8432 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
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:11 - Nay, H3808 my lord, H113 hear me: H8085 the field H7704 give I H5414 thee, and the cave H4631 that is therein, I give it H5414 thee; in the presence H5869 of the sons H1121 of my people H5971 give H5414 I it thee: bury H6912 thy dead. H4191
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:12 - And Abraham H85 bowed down H7812 himself before H6440 the people H5971 of the land. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:13 - 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 give it, I pray thee, H3863 hear H8085 me: I will give H5414 thee money H3701 for the field; H7704 take H3947 it of me, and I will bury H6912 my dead H4191 there.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:14 - And Ephron H6085 answered H6030 Abraham, H85 saying H559 unto him,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:15 - My lord, H113 hearken H8085 unto me: the land H776 is worth four H702 hundred H3967 shekels H8255 of silver; H3701 what is that betwixt H996 me and thee? bury H6912 therefore thy dead. H4191
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 - 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 sons H1121 of Heth, H2845 four H702 hundred H3967 shekels H8255 of silver, H3701 current H5674 money with the merchant. H5503
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:17 - And 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, and all the trees H6086 that were in the field, H7704 that were in all the borders H1366 round about, H5439 were made sure H6965
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:18 - 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
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:19 - 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
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:20 - And the field, H7704 and the cave H4631 that is therein, were made sure H6965 unto Abraham H85 for a possession H272 of a buryingplace H6913 by the sons H1121 of Heth. H2845
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