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Genesis 23

20 verses · King James Version

  1. 1And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: the years of the life of Sarah.Compare translations of Genesis 23:1
  2. 2And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.Compare translations of Genesis 23:2
  3. 3And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,Compare translations of Genesis 23:3
  4. 4I a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.Compare translations of Genesis 23:4
  5. 5And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,Compare translations of Genesis 23:5
  6. 6Hear us, my lord: thou 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.Compare translations of Genesis 23:6
  7. 7And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth.Compare translations of Genesis 23:7
  8. 8And 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,Compare translations of Genesis 23:8
  9. 9That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.Compare translations of Genesis 23:9
  10. 10And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,Compare translations of Genesis 23:10
  11. 11Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.Compare translations of Genesis 23:11
  12. 12And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.Compare translations of Genesis 23:12
  13. 13And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take of me, and I will bury my dead there.Compare translations of Genesis 23:13
  14. 14And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,Compare translations of Genesis 23:14
  15. 15My lord, hearken unto me: the land four hundred shekels of silver; what that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.Compare translations of Genesis 23:15
  16. 16And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current with the merchant.Compare translations of Genesis 23:16
  17. 17And the field of Ephron, which in Machpelah, which before Mamre, the field, and the cave which therein, and all the trees that in the field, that in all the borders round about, were made sureCompare translations of Genesis 23:17
  18. 18Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.Compare translations of Genesis 23:18
  19. 19And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same Hebron in the land of Canaan.Compare translations of Genesis 23:19
  20. 20And the field, and the cave that therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.Compare translations of Genesis 23:20