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And the lives* of Sarah were a hundred years and twenty years and seven years, the years of the lives of Sarah.
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And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba, it◦ is Hebron in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came to wail for Sarah, and to weep for her.
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And Abraham rose··up from upon the faces of his dead, and spoke to▵ the sons of Heth, saying,
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I▵ am a sojourner and a lodger with you; give to me a possession◦ of a sepulcher with you, and I will bury my dead from before me.
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And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
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Hear us, my lord, thou◦ art a prince* of God in the midst of us; in the choice of our sepulchers bury thy dead; No◦ man◦ of us shall hold··back from thee his sepulcher, from burying thy dead.
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And Abraham rose··up, and bowed· himself ·down to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth.
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And he spoke with◦ them, saying, If it··is with◦ your soul to bury my dead from before me, hear me, and intercede for me with Ephron the son of Zohar.
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That he may give to me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field; in full silver* let him give it to me, in the midst of you, for a possession◦ of a sepulcher.
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And Ephron was sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the ears of the sons of Heth, to all that came··into the gate of his city, saying,
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No, my lord, hear me; the field I give to thee, and the cave that is in it, to thee I give it; before▫ the eyes of the sons of my people I give it to thee; bury thy dead.
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And Abraham bowed· himself ·down before the people of the land.
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And he spoke to▵ Ephron in the ears of the people of the land, saying, Surely, if thou◦ would, hear me; I will give the silver* of the field; take it from me, and I will bury my dead there.
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And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
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My lord, hear me; land of* four hundred shekels of silver, what is that◦ between me and thee? And now bury thy dead.
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And Abraham hearkened to▵ Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver of which he had spoken in the ears of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, such as passes at◦ the trader.
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And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field and the cave which was in it, and every tree which was in the field, which was in all its border all around, were secured▵
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for Abraham for an acquisition* before▫ the eyes of the sons of Heth, with all that came··into the gate of his city.
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And after this Abraham buried Sarah his wife, in the cave of the field of Machpelah, upon the faces of Mamre, it◦ is Hebron, in the land of Canaan.
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And the field and the cave that is in it were secured▵ for Abraham for a possession◦ of a sepulcher from the sons of Heth.
