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Genesis 23 :: Darby Translation (DBY)

Gen 23:1

Gen 23:1And the life of Sarah was a hundred and twenty-seven years: these were the years of the life of Sarah.

Gen 23:2

Gen 23:2And Sarah died in Kirjath-Arba: that is Hebron, in the land of Canaan. And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

Gen 23:3

Gen 23:3And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,

Gen 23:4

Gen 23:4I am a stranger and a sojourner with you; give me a possession of a sepulchre with you, that I may bury my dead from before me.

Gen 23:5

Gen 23:5And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

Gen 23:6

Gen 23:6Hear us, my lord: thou art a prince of God among us: in the choicest of our sepulchres bury thy dead: none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre for burying thy dead.

Gen 23:7

Gen 23:7And Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth,

Gen 23:8

Gen 23:8and spoke to them, saying, If it be your will that I should bury my dead from before me, hear me, and entreat for me Ephron the son of Zohar,

Gen 23:9

Gen 23:9that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which is his, which is at the end of his field; for the full money let him give it to me amongst you for a possession of a sepulchre.

Gen 23:10

Gen 23:10And Ephron was dwelling among the sons of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham, in the ears of the sons of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,

Gen 23:11

Gen 23:11No, my lord: hear me. The field give I thee; and the cave that is in it, to thee I give it; before the eyes of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.

Gen 23:12

Gen 23:12And Abraham bowed down before the people of the land;

Gen 23:13

Gen 23:13and he spoke to Ephron, in the ears of the people of the land, saying, But if only thou wouldst listen to me, I give the money for the field: take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

Gen 23:14

Gen 23:14And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,

Gen 23:15

Gen 23:15My lord, hearken to me. A field of four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

Gen 23:16

Gen 23:16And Abraham hearkened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the money that he had named in the ears of the sons of Heth -- four hundred shekels of silver, current with the merchant.

Gen 23:17

Gen 23:17So the field of Ephron, which was at Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all its borders round about,

Gen 23:18

Gen 23:18were assured to Abraham for a possession before the eyes of the sons of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.

Gen 23:19

Gen 23:19And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field at Machpelah, opposite to Mamre: that is Hebron, in the land of Canaan.

Gen 23:20

Gen 23:20And the field and the cave that was in it were assured to Abraham for a possession of a sepulchre by the sons of Heth.
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