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Genesis 23
Genesis 23
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
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When Sarah was 127 years old, she died in Hebron in
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the land of Canaan; there Abraham mourned and wept for her.
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Then, standing beside her body, he said to the men of Heth:
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“Here I am, a visitor in a foreign land, with no place to bury my wife. Please sell me a piece of ground for this purpose.“
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“Certainly,“ the men replied, “for you are an honored prince of God among us; it will be
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a privilege to have you choose the finest of our sepulchers, so that you can bury her there.“
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Then Abraham bowed low before them and said,
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“Since this is your feeling in the matter, be so kind as to ask Ephron, Zohar's son,
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to sell me the cave of Mach-pelah, down at the end of his field. I will of course pay the full price for it, whatever is publicly agreed upon, and it will become a permanent cemetery for my family.“
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Ephron was sitting there among the others, and now he spoke up, answering Abraham as the others listened, speaking publicly before all the citizens of the town:
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“Sir,“ he said to Abraham, “please listen to me. I will give you the cave and the field without any charge. Here in the presence of my people, I give it to you free. Go and bury your dead.“
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Abraham bowed again to the men of Heth,
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and replied to Ephron, as all listened: “No, let me buy it from you. Let me pay the full price of the field, and then I will bury my dead.“
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“Well, the land is worth 400 pieces of silver,“ Ephron said, “but what is that between friends?
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Go ahead and bury your dead.“
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So Abraham paid Ephron the price he had suggested—400 pieces of silver, as publicly agreed.
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This is the land he bought: Ephron's field at Mach-pelah, near Mamre, and the cave at the end of the field, and all the trees in the field.
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They became his permanent possession, by agreement in the presence of the men of Heth at the city gate.
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So Abraham buried Sarah there, in the field and cave deeded
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to him by the men of Heth as a burial plot.
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