Abraham · Issue #12 of 13
The Cave Of Machpelah
Genesis 23:1–6, Genesis 23:17–20 · World English Bible
Genesis 23:1
Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length of Sarah’s life.
Genesis 23:2
Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
Genesis 23:3
Abraham rose up from before his dead and spoke to the children of Heth, saying,
Genesis 23:4
I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Genesis 23:5
The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
Genesis 23:6
Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb. Bury your dead.
Genesis 23:17
So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all of its borders, were deeded
Genesis 23:18
to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
Genesis 23:19
After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 23:20
The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham by the children of Heth as a possession for a burial place.
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