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Genesis 23

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  1. 1And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.3 cross-references: Genesis 17:17
  2. 2And Sarah died in Kirjath–arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.38 cross-references: Genesis 23:19, Genesis 13:18, 1 Chronicles 6:57, Judges 1:10, 2 Samuel 1:17
  3. 3And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,11 cross-references: Genesis 10:15, Genesis 23:5, 1 Samuel 26:6, 2 Samuel 23:39, Genesis 27:46
  4. 4I 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.31 cross-references: Hebrews 11:9, 1 Chronicles 29:15, Genesis 17:8, Psalms 119:19, Acts 7:5
  5. 5And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
  6. 6Hear 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.21 cross-references: Genesis 24:35, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 21:22, Genesis 32:18, Genesis 13:2
  7. 7And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.10 cross-references: Genesis 18:2, Romans 12:17–18, Genesis 19:1, 1 Peter 3:8, Proverbs 18:24
  8. 8And 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,7 cross-references: 1 Kings 2:17, 1 John 2:1–2, Genesis 25:9, Luke 7:3–4, Hebrews 7:26
  9. 9That 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.3 cross-references: Romans 12:17, Romans 13:8
  10. 10And 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,12 cross-references: Genesis 34:20, Genesis 34:24, Genesis 23:18, Isaiah 28:6, Ruth 4:1–4
  11. 11Nay, 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.15 cross-references: Luke 19:24, Isaiah 32:8, Deuteronomy 19:15, Ruth 4:11, Genesis 23:6
  12. 12And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.3 cross-references: Genesis 19:1, Genesis 18:2, Genesis 23:7
  13. 13And 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.9 cross-references: Acts 20:35, Romans 13:8, Colossians 4:5, Hebrews 13:5, Philippians 4:5–8
  14. 14And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
  15. 15My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.7 cross-references: Ezekiel 45:12, Exodus 30:13, Exodus 30:15
  16. 16And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.23 cross-references: Zechariah 11:12, Jeremiah 32:9, Ezekiel 45:12, Ezra 8:25–30, Genesis 43:21
  17. 17And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure15 cross-references: Genesis 25:9, Genesis 50:13, Genesis 23:20, Genesis 49:29–32, Acts 7:16
  18. 18Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.7 cross-references: Jeremiah 32:12, Genesis 34:20, Ruth 4:1
  19. 19And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.17 cross-references: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 25:9–10, Genesis 49:29–32, Ecclesiastes 12:5, Ecclesiastes 6:3
  20. 20And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.13 cross-references: Ruth 4:7–10, Jeremiah 32:10–14, Genesis 50:24–25, Genesis 49:31–32, Genesis 50:13

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Abraham, Heth, Ephron, Sarah, Zohar

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Machpelah, Canaan, Hebron, Mamre, Kiriath-arba

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