{"id":330,"date":"2015-01-10T13:47:06","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T13:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen23\/"},"modified":"2019-07-14T19:39:21","modified_gmt":"2019-07-14T23:39:21","slug":"gen23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen23\/","title":{"rendered":"Genesis 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 23<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: <span class=\"add\">these were<\/span> the years of the life of Sarah.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span>I <span class=\"add\">am<\/span> 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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Hear us, my lord: thou <span class=\"add\">art<\/span> 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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, <span class=\"add\">even<\/span> to the children of Heth.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span>That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> 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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, <span class=\"add\">even<\/span> of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou <span class=\"add\">wilt give it,<\/span> I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take <span class=\"add\">it<\/span> of me, and I will bury my dead there.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span>My lord, hearken unto me: the land <span class=\"add\">is worth<\/span> four hundred shekels of silver; what <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V16\">16\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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 <span class=\"add\">money<\/span> with the merchant. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V17\">17\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the field of Ephron, which <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> in Machpelah, which <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> before Mamre, the field, and the cave which <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> therein, and all the trees that <span class=\"add\">were<\/span> in the field, that <span class=\"add\">were<\/span> in all the borders round about, were made sure  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V18\">18\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V19\">19\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> Hebron in the land of Canaan.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V20\">20\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the field, and the cave that <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth. <\/div><hr \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"chapters\">\r\n    <h3>Genesis Chapters<\/h3>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen01\">1<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen02\">2<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen03\">3<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen04\">4<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen05\">5<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen06\">6<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen07\">7<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen08\">8<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen09\">9<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen10\">10<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen11\">11<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen12\">12<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen13\">13<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen14\">14<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen15\">15<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen16\">16<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen17\">17<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen18\">18<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen19\">19<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen20\">20<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen21\">21<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen22\">22<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen23\">23<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen24\">24<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen25\">25<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen26\">26<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen27\">27<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen28\">28<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen29\">29<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen30\">30<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen31\">31<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen32\">32<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen33\">33<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen34\">34<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen35\">35<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen36\">36<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen37\">37<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen38\">38<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen39\">39<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen40\">40<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen41\">41<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen42\">42<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen43\">43<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen44\">44<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen45\">45<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen46\">46<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen47\">47<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen48\">48<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen49\">49<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/gen50\">50<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>23 1\u00a0And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. 2\u00a0And 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. 3\u00a0And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, 4\u00a0I 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. 5\u00a0And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, 6\u00a0Hear 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. 7\u00a0And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. 8\u00a0And 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, 9\u00a0That 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. 10\u00a0And 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, 11\u00a0Nay, 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 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