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And Sarah was one hundred and twenty-seven years old;
these were the years of the life of Sarah.
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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.
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And Abraham stood up from before his dead and spoke unto the sons of Heth, saying,
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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.
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And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
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Hear us, my lord; thou
art a prince of God among us; in the best of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre so that thou may bury thy dead.
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And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land,
even to the sons of Heth.
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And he communed with them, saying, If it is your desire that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me and intercede for me to Ephron, the son of Zohar,
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that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which
is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it
to me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
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This Ephron dwelt among the sons of Heth; and Ephron, the Hittite, answered Abraham in the audience of the sons of Heth,
even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
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No, my lord, hear me; I give thee the field, and the cave that
is therein, I give it
to thee; in the presence of the sons of my people I give it
to thee; bury thy dead.