Genesis 23
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Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.
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So Sarah died in a Kirjath Arba (that is, b Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
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Then Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of c Heth, saying,
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d "I am a foreigner and a visitor among you. e Give me property for a burial place among you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."
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And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
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"Hear us, my lord: You are f a mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our burial places. None of us will withhold from you his burial place, that you may bury your dead."
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Then Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land, the sons of Heth.
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And he spoke with them, saying, "If it is your wish that I bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and meet with Ephron the son of Zohar for me,
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"that he may give me the cave of g Machpelah which he has, which is at the end of his field. Let him give it to me at the full price, as property for a burial place among you."
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Now Ephron dwelt among the sons of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the presence of the sons of Heth, all who h entered at the gate of his city, saying,
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i "No, my lord, hear me: I give you the field and the cave that is in it; I give it to you in the presence of the sons of my people. I give it to you. Bury your dead!"
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Then Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land;
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and he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, "If you will give it, please hear me. I will give you money for 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, listen to me; the land is worth four hundred j shekels of silver. What is that between you and me? So bury your dead."
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And Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham k weighed out the silver for Ephron which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, currency of the merchants.
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So l the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field and the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, which were within all the surrounding borders, were deeded
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to Abraham as a possession in the presence of the sons of Heth, before all who went in at 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, before Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
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So the field and the cave that is in it m were deeded to Abraham by the sons of Heth as property for a burial place.
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Cross References
Genesis 35:27
Then Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kirjath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had dwelt.
Joshua 14:15
And the name of Hebron formerly was Kirjath Arba ( Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim). Then the land had rest from war.
Joshua 15:13
Now to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a share among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, namely, Kirjath Arba, which is Hebron ( Arba was the father of Anak).
Joshua 21:11
And they gave them Kirjath Arba ( Arba was the father of Anak), which is Hebron, in the mountains of Judah, with the common-land surrounding it.
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Cross References
Genesis 13:18
Then Abram moved his tent, and went and dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to the LORD.
Genesis 23:19
And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
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Cross References
Genesis 10:15
Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and Heth.
Genesis 15:20
The Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim.
2 Kings 7:6
For the LORD had caused the army of the Syrians to hear the noise of chariots and the noise of horses - the noise of a great army; so they said to one another, "Look, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to attack us!
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Cross References
Genesis 17:8
"Also I give to you and your descendants after ...
Leviticus 25:23
The land shall not be sold permanently, for the...
1 Chronicles 29:15
For we are aliens and pilgrims before You, As w...
Psalms 39:12
Hear my prayer, O LORD, And give ear to my cry;...
Psalms 105:12
When they were few in number, Indeed very few, ...
Psalms 119:19
I am a stranger in the earth; Do not hide Your ...
Hebrews 11:9
By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in ...
Hebrews 11:13
These all died in faith, not having received th...
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Cross References
Acts 7:5
And God gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on. But even when Abraham had no child, He promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him.
Acts 7:16
And they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem.
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Cross References
Genesis 13:2
Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
Genesis 14:14
Now when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his three hundred and eighteen trained servants who were born in his own house, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.
Genesis 24:35
The LORD has blessed my master greatly, and he has become great; and He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
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Cross References
Genesis 25:9
And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite.
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Cross References
Genesis 23:18
To Abraham as a possession in the presence of t...
Genesis 34:20
And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate ...
Genesis 34:24
And all who went out of the gate of his city he...
Ruth 4:1
Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there...
Ruth 4:4
"And I thought to inform you, saying, 'Buy it b...
Ruth 4:11
And all the people who were at the gate, and th...
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Cross References
2 Samuel 24:21 - 24
Then Araunah said, "Why has my lord the king come to his servant?" And David said, "To buy the threshing floor from you, to build an altar to the LORD, that the plague may be withdrawn from the people.
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Cross References
Exodus 30:13
This is what everyone among those who are numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel is twenty gerahs). The half-shekel shall be an offering to the LORD.
Ezekiel 45:12
The shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, and fifteen shekels shall be your mina.
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Cross References
2 Samuel 14:26
And when he cut the hair of his head - at the end of every year he cut it because it was heavy on him - when he cut it, he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels according to the king's standard.
Jeremiah 32:9
So I bought the field from Hanamel, the son of my uncle who was in Anathoth, and weighed out to him the money - seventeen shekels of silver.
Jeremiah 32:10
And I signed the deed and sealed it, took witnesses, and weighed the money on the scales.
Zechariah 11:12
Then I said to them, "If it is agreeable to you, give me my wages; and if not, refrain." So they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
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Cross References
Genesis 25:9
And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite.
Genesis 49:29 - 32
Then he charged them and said to them: "I am to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
Genesis 50:13
For his sons carried him to the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as property for a burial place.
Acts 7:16
And they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem.
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Jeremiah 32:10
And I signed the deed and sealed it, took witnesses, and weighed the money on the scales.
Jeremiah 32:11
So I took the purchase deed, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open.
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