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Genesis 23:1
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Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length of Sarah's life.
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Genesis 23:2
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Sarah died in Kiryat-Arba (the same is Chevron), in the land of Kena`an. Avraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
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Genesis 23:3
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Avraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children of Chet, saying,
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Genesis 23:4
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"I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."
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Genesis 23:5
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The children of Chet answered Avraham, saying to him,
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Genesis 23:6
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"Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb. Bury your dead."
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Genesis 23:7
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Avraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Chet.
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Genesis 23:8
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He talked with them, saying, "If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to `Efron the son of Tzochar,
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Genesis 23:9
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that he may give me the cave of Makhpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me in the midst of you for a possession of a burying-place."
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Genesis 23:10
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Now `Efron was sitting in the midst of the children of Chet. `Efron the Chittite answered Avraham in the hearing of the children of Chet, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,
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Genesis 23:11
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"No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the children of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead."
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Genesis 23:12
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Avraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.
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Genesis 23:13
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He spoke to `Efron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, "But if you will, please hear me. I will give the price of the field. Take it from me, and I will bury my dead there."
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Genesis 23:14
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`Efron answered Avraham, saying to him,
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Genesis 23:15
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"My lord, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver between me and you? Therefore bury your dead."
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Genesis 23:16
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Avraham listened to `Efron. Avraham weighed to `Efron the silver which he had named in the audience of the children of Chet, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants' standard.
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Genesis 23:17
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So the field of `Efron, which was in Makhpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all of its borders, were deeded
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Genesis 23:18
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to Avraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Chet, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
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Genesis 23:19
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After this, Avraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Makhpelah before Mamre (that is, Chevron), in the land of Kena`an.
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Genesis 23:20
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The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Avraham for a possession of a burying place by the children of Chet.
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