Bible (King James)/Genesis/Chapter 23

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CHAP. XXIII.
1 The age and death of Sarah. 3 The purchaſe of Machpelah, 19 where Sarah was buried.

And Sarah was an hundred and ſeven and twenty years old: theſe were the years of the life of Sarah.

21860. And Sarah died in [1] Kirjath-arba; the ſame is [2] Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

3 ¶ And Abraham ſtood up from before his dead, and ſpake unto the ſons of Heth, ſaying,

4 [3] I am a ſtranger and a ſojourner with you: [4] give me a poſſeſſion of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my ſight.

5 And the children of Heth anſwered Abraham, ſaying unto him,

6 Hear us, my lord: thou art †† Heb. a prince of God. [5] a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our ſepulchres bury thy dead; none of us ſhall withhold from thee his ſepulchre, but that thou mayeſt bury thy dead.

7 And Abraham ſtood up, and bowed himſelf to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

8 And he communed with them, ſaying, If it be your mind that I ſhould bury my dead out of my ſight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the ſon of Zohar,

9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for †† Heb. full money. as much money as it is worth he ſhall give it me for a poſſeſſion of a buryingplace amongſt you.

10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite anſwered Abraham in the †† Heb. ears. audience of the children of Heth, even of all that [6] went in at the gate of his city, ſaying,

11 [7] Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the preſence of the ​ſons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.

12 And Abraham bowed down himſelf before the people of the land.

13 And he ſpake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, ſaying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

14 And Ephron anſwered Abraham, ſaying unto him,

15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred [8] ſhekels of ſilver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham [9] weighed to Ephron the ſilver, which he had named in the audience of the ſons of Heth, four hundred ſhekels of ſilver, current money with the merchant.

17 And [10] the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made ſure

18 Unto Abraham for a poſſeſſion in the preſence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.

19 ¶ And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the ſame is Hebron in the land of Canaan.

20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, [11] were made ſure unto Abraham for a poſſeſſion of a buryingplace by the ſons of Heth.

  1. ↑ Joſh. 14. 15.
    Judg. 1. 10.
  2. ↑ ch. 13. 18.
    ver. 19.
  3. ↑ ch. 17. 8.
    1 Chro. 29. 15.
    Pſ. 105. 12.
    Hebr. 11. 9, 13.
  4. ↑ Acts 7. 5.
  5. ↑ ch. 13. 2. & 14. 14. & 24. 35.
  6. ↑ ch. 34. 20, 24.
    Ruth 4. 4.
  7. ↑ See 2 Sam. 24. 21---24.
  8. ↑ Exod. 30. 15.
    Ezek. 45. 12.
  9. ↑ Jer. 32. 9.
  10. ↑ ch. 25. 9. & 49. 30, 31, 32. & 50. 13.
    Acts 7. 16.
  11. ↑ See Ruth 4. 7, 8, 9, 10.
    Jer. 32. 10, 11.
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