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And Sara lived a hundred and twenty -seven years.
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And she died in the city of Arbee which is Hebron , in the land of Chanaan: and Abraham came to mourn and weep for her.
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And after he rose up from the funeral obsequies, he spoke to the children of Heth , saying:
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I am a stranger and sojourner among you: give me the right of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead .
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The children of Heth answered , saying:
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My Lord , hear us , thou art a prince of God among us : bury thy dead in our principle sepulchers: and no man shall have power to hinder thee from burying thy dead in his sepulcher .
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Abraham rose up , and bowed down to the people of the land , to wit the children of Heth :
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And said to them: If it please your soul that I should bury my dead , hear me, and intercede for me to Ephron the son of Seor.
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That he may give me the double cave, which he hath in the end of his field : for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me before you, for a possession of a buryingplace .
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Now Ephron dwelt in the midst of the children of Heth . And Ephron made answer to Abraham in the hearing of all that went in at the gate of the city , saying:
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Let it not be so, my lord , but do thou rather hearken to what I say : The field I deliver to thee, and the cave that is therein, in the presence of the children of my people, bury thy dead .
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Abraham bowed down before the people of the land ,
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And he spoke to Ephron , in the presence of the people: I beseech thee to hear me: I will give money for the field : take it, and so I will bury my dead in it.
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My lord , hear me. The ground which thou desirest, is worth four hundred sicles of silver : this is the price between me and thee: but what is this? bury thy dead .
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And when Abraham had heard this, he weighed out the money that Ephron had asked, in the hearing of the children of Heth , four hundred sicles of silver of common current money .
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And the field that before was Ephron's , wherein was the double cave, looking towards Mambre, both it and the cave, and all the trees thereof in all its limits round about ,
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Was made sure to Abraham for a possession, in the sight of the children of Heth , and of all that went in at the gate of his city .
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And so Abraham buried Sara his wife , in a double cave of the field , that looked towards Mambre, this is Hebron in the land of Chanaan.
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And the field was made sure to Abraham , and the cave that was in it, for a possession to bury in, by the children of Heth .