01:022:018 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be
blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
01:022:019 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and
went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
01:022:020 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told
Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy
brother Nahor;
01:022:021 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the
father of Aram,
01:022:022 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
01:022:023 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to
Nahor, Abraham's brother.
01:022:024 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also
Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
01:023:001 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old:
these were the years of the life of Sarah.
01:023:002 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the
land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for
her.
01:023:003 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto
the sons of Heth, saying,
01:023:004 I am 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.
01:023:005 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
01:023:006 Hear us, my lord: thou art 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.
01:023:007 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the
land, even to the children of Heth.
01:023:008 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,
01:023:009 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath,
which is 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.
01:023:010 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the
Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even
of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
01:023:011 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.
01:023:012 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the
land.
01:023:013 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.
01:023:014 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
01:023:015 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred
shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy
dead.
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