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1 Sarah lived to be 127 years old. This was the length of her life.
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Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old.
2 She died in Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in Canaan. Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to cry about her death.
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She died at Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her.
3 Then Abraham left the side of his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites,
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Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites. He said,
4 "I'm a stranger with no permanent home. Let me have some of your property for a tomb so that I can bury my dead wife."
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“I am a foreigner and stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead.”
5 The Hittites answered Abraham,
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The Hittites replied to Abraham,
6 "Listen to us, sir. You are a mighty leader among us. Bury your dead in one of our best tombs. Not one of us will withhold from you his tomb for burying your dead."
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“Sir, listen to us. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb for burying your dead.”
7 Abraham got up in front of the Hittites, the people of that region, and bowed with his face touching the ground.
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Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.
8 He said to them, "If you are willing to let me bury my wife, listen to me. Encourage Ephron, son of Zohar,
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He said to them, “If you are willing to let me bury my dead, then listen to me and intercede with Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf
9 to let me have the cave of Machpelah that he owns at the end of his field. He should sell it to me for its full price as my property to be used as a tomb among you."
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so he will sell me the cave of Machpelah, which belongs to him and is at the end of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for the full price as a burial site among you.”
10 Ephron was sitting among the Hittites. He answered Abraham so that everyone who was entering the city gate could hear him. He said,
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Ephron the Hittite was sitting among his people and he replied to Abraham in the hearing of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
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