Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,
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Genesis 23:4
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“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”
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Genesis 23:5
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The Hittites replied to Abraham,
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Genesis 23:6
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“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.”
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Genesis 23:7
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Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.
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Genesis 23:8
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“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
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Genesis 23:9
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to 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.”
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Genesis 23:10
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Now 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,
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Genesis 23:11
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“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.”
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Genesis 23:12
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Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land
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Genesis 23:13
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and 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.”
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Genesis 23:14
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Ephron answered Abraham,
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Genesis 23:15
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“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.”
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Genesis 23:16
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Abraham 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.
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Genesis 23:17
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So 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
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Genesis 23:18
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to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
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Genesis 23:19
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After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
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Genesis 23:20
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So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.
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Genesis 24:1
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By now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.
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Genesis 24:2
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So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,
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