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    Genesis 23

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    Ephron offers Abraham the field and cave as a gift, then names a price of four hundred shekels—and Abraham pays it.

    Sarah dies in Canaanvv. 1–2

    Sarah reaches 127 years, then dies in Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, in Canaan. Abraham goes out to mourn and weep for her; the chapter gives the grief its full space before turning to the business of burial.

    A gift with a pricevv. 3–20

    Abraham rises from beside Sarah and asks the Hittites for a burial site. Ephron first offers the field and cave, then calls the land worth four hundred shekels; Abraham pays the named sum in the hearing of the Hittites, and the field, cave, and trees are deeded to him. At last Sarah is buried in the cave at Machpelah near Mamre, in Hebron, in Canaan—a remarkably formal conclusion to a matter that began with mourning.

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    1. Gen 23:1Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.

    2. Gen 23:2She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.

    3. Gen 23:3Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,

    4. Gen 23:4“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”

    5. Gen 23:5The Hittites replied to Abraham,

    6. Gen 23:6“Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”

    7. Gen 23:7Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.

    8. Gen 23:8“If you are willing for me to bury my dead,” he said to them, “listen to me, and approach Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf

    9. Gen 23:9to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site.”

    10. Gen 23:10Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,

    11. Gen 23:11“No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”

    12. Gen 23:12Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land

    13. Gen 23:13and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”

    14. Gen 23:14Ephron answered Abraham,

    15. Gen 23:15“Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

    16. Gen 23:16Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.

    17. Gen 23:17So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field were deeded over

    18. Gen 23:18to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.

    19. Gen 23:19After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

    20. Gen 23:20So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.

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    • 6Genesis 24:35“The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.
    • 2Genesis 23:19After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
    • 41 Chronicles 29:15For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
    • 4Hebrews 11:9By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
    • 17Genesis 25:9His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.
    • 17Genesis 50:13They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
    • 2Genesis 13:18So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
    • 4Genesis 17:8And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”
    • 10Genesis 34:20So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:
    • 10Genesis 34:24All the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.
    • 15Ezekiel 45:12The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina.
    • 16Jeremiah 32:9So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver.
    • 16Zechariah 11:12Then I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.
    • 21 Chronicles 6:57So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,
    • 4Psalms 119:19I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.
    • 6Genesis 14:14And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.

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