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Friday, 17 October 2014
Genesis 23
And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. And 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. And
Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
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. And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, Hear
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. And
Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. And 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, That 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. And 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, Nay, 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. And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the
land. And 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.
And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, My lord, hearken unto me: the
land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. And 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. And
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 sure Unto Abraham for a possession in the
presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his
city. And 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. And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham
for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
Blessed be God that there is a world where sin, death, vanity, and vexation cannot enter.
Blessed be God that there is a world where sin, death, vanity, and vexation cannot enter.
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