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Genesis 23 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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The Burial of Sarah

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:1 - When Sarah was 127 years old,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:2 - she died at Kiriath-arba (now called Hebron) in the land of Canaan. There Abraham mourned and wept for her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:3 - Then, leaving her body, he said to the Hittite elders,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:4 - “Here I am, a stranger and a foreigner among you. Please sell me a piece of land so I can give my wife a proper burial.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:5 - The Hittites replied to Abraham,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:6 - “Listen, my lord, you are an honored prince among us. Choose the finest of our tombs and bury her there. No one here will refuse to help you in this way.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:7 - Then Abraham bowed low before the Hittites

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:8 - and said, “Since you are willing to help me in this way, be so kind as to ask Ephron son of Zohar

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:9 - to let me buy his cave at Machpelah, down at the end of his field. I will pay the full price in the presence of witnesses, so I will have a permanent burial place for my family.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:10 - Ephron was sitting there among the others, and he answered Abraham as the others listened, speaking publicly before all the Hittite elders of the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:11 - “No, my lord,” he said to Abraham, “please listen to me. I will give you the field and the cave. Here in the presence of my people, I give it to you. Go and bury your dead.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:12 - Abraham again bowed low before the citizens of the land,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:13 - and he replied to Ephron as everyone listened. “No, listen to me. I will buy it from you. Let me pay the full price for the field so I can bury my dead there.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:14 - Ephron answered Abraham,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:15 - “My lord, please listen to me. The land is worth 400 pieces[fn] of silver, but what is that between friends? Go ahead and bury your dead.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 - So Abraham agreed to Ephron’s price and paid the amount he had suggested—400 pieces of silver, weighed according to the market standard. The Hittite elders witnessed the transaction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:17 - So Abraham bought the plot of land belonging to Ephron at Machpelah, near Mamre. This included the field itself, the cave that was in it, and all the surrounding trees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:18 - It was transferred to Abraham as his permanent possession in the presence of the Hittite elders at the city gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:19 - Then Abraham buried his wife, Sarah, there in Canaan, in the cave of Machpelah, near Mamre (also called Hebron).

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:20 - So the field and the cave were transferred from the Hittites to Abraham for use as a permanent burial place.
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Hebrew 400 shekels, about 10 pounds or 4.6 kilograms in weight; also in 23:16.
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