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And Sarah[H8283] was an hundred[H3967] and seven[H7651] and twenty[H6242]years[H8141]old[H2416]: these were the years[H8141] of the life[H2416] of Sarah[H8283].
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And Sarah[H8283]died[H4191] in Kirjatharba[H7153]; the same is Hebron[H2275] in the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667]: and Abraham[H85]came[H935] to mourn[H5594] for Sarah[H8283], and to weep[H1058] for her.
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And Abraham[H85] stood up[H6965] from before[H6440] his dead[H4191], and spake[H1696] unto the sons[H1121] of Heth[H2845], saying[H559],
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I am a stranger[H1616] and a sojourner[H8453] with you: give[H5414] me a possession[H272] of a buryingplace[H6913] with you, that I may bury[H6912] my dead[H4191] out of my sight[H6440].
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And the children[H1121] of Heth[H2845]answered[H6030]Abraham[H85], saying[H559] unto him,
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Hear us[H8085], my lord[H113]: thou art a mighty[H430]prince[H5387] among us[H8432]: in the choice[H4005] of our sepulchres[H6913]bury[H6912] thy dead[H4191]; none[H3808] of us[H8432] shall withhold[H3607] from thee his sepulchre[H6913], but that thou mayest bury[H6912] thy dead[H4191].
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And Abraham[H85] stood up[H6965], and bowed[H7812] himself to the people[H5971] of the land[H776], even to the children[H1121] of Heth[H2845].
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And he communed[H1696] with them, saying[H559], If it be[H3426] your mind[H5315] that I should bury[H6912] my dead[H4191] out of my sight[H6440]; hear[H8085] me, and intreat[H6293] for me to Ephron[H6085] the son[H1121] of Zohar[H6714],
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That he may give[H5414] me the cave[H4631] of Machpelah[H4375], which he hath, which is in the end[H7097] of his field[H7704]; for as much[H4392]money[H3701] as it[H5414] is worth[H4392] he shall give[H5414]it[H5414] me for a possession[H272] of a buryingplace[H6913] amongst you[H8432].
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And Ephron[H6085]dwelt[H3427]among[H8432] the children[H1121] of Heth[H2845]: and Ephron[H6085] the Hittite[H2850]answered[H6030]Abraham[H85]in[H935] the audience[H241] of the children[H1121] of Heth[H2845], even of all that went in[H935] at the gate[H8179] of his city[H5892], saying[H559],
11Nay[H3808], my lord[H113], hear me[H8085]: the field[H7704]give[H5414]I[H5414] thee, and the cave[H4631] that is therein, I[H5414]give[H5414]it[H5414] thee; in the presence[H5869] of the sons[H1121] of my people[H5971]give[H5414]I[H5414]it[H5414] thee: bury[H6912] thy dead[H4191].
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And Abraham[H85] bowed down[H7812] himself before[H6440] the people[H5971] of the land[H776].
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And he spake[H1696] unto Ephron[H6085] in the audience[H241] of the people[H5971] of the land[H776], saying[H559], But if thou wilt give[H5414] it, I pray thee[H3863], hear[H8085] me: I will give[H5414]thee[H3863]money[H3701] for the field[H7704]; take[H3947] it of me, and I will bury[H6912] my dead[H4191] there.
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And Ephron[H6085]answered[H6030]Abraham[H85], saying[H559] unto him,
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My lord[H113], hearken[H8085] unto me: the land[H776] is worth four[H702]hundred[H3967]shekels[H8255] of silver[H3701]; what is that betwixt[H996] me and thee? bury[H6912] therefore thy dead[H4191].
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And Abraham[H85]hearkened[H8085] unto Ephron[H6085]; and Abraham[H85]weighed[H8254] to Ephron[H6085] the silver[H3701], which he had named[H1696] in the audience[H241] of the sons[H1121] of Heth[H2845], four[H702]hundred[H3967]shekels[H8255] of silver[H3701], current[H5674] money with the merchant[H5503].
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And the field[H7704] of Ephron[H6085], which was in Machpelah[H4375], which was before[H6440]Mamre[H4471], the field[H7704], and the cave[H4631] which was therein, and all the trees[H6086] that were in the field[H7704], that were in all the borders[H1366] round about[H5439], were made sure[H6965]
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Unto Abraham[H85] for a possession[H4736]in[H935] the presence[H5869] of the children[H1121] of Heth[H2845], before all that went in[H935] at the gate[H8179] of his city[H5892].
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And after[H310]this[H3651], Abraham[H85]buried[H6912]Sarah[H8283] his wife[H802] in the cave[H4631] of the field[H7704] of Machpelah[H4375]before[H6440]Mamre[H4471]: the same is Hebron[H2275] in the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667].
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And the field[H7704], and the cave[H4631] that is therein, were made sure[H6965] unto Abraham[H85] for a possession[H272] of a buryingplace[H6913] by the sons[H1121] of Heth[H2845].