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Genesis Chapter 23

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GENESIS

Genesis 23

1And the life of Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years: these were the years of the life of Sarah.
Genesis 17:17, Genesis 17:17
2And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
Genesis 23:19, Genesis 23:19, Genesis 13:18, Genesis 13:18, 1 Chronicles 6:57
3And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spake unto the children of Heth, saying,
Genesis 10:15, Genesis 10:15, Genesis 23:5, 1 Samuel 26:6, 2 Samuel 23:39
4I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Hebrews 11:9, 1 Chronicles 29:15, Hebrews 11:9, 1 Chronicles 29:15, Genesis 17:8
5And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
6Hear us, my lord; thou art a prince of God 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.
Genesis 24:35, Genesis 24:35, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 21:22
7And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
Genesis 18:2, Romans 12:17, Romans 12:18, Genesis 19:1, 1 Peter 3:8
8And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
1 Kings 2:17, 1 John 2:1, 1 John 2:2, Genesis 25:9, Luke 7:3
9that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for the full price let him give it to me in the midst of you for a possession of a burying-place.
Romans 12:17, Romans 13:8, Romans 12:17, Romans 13:8
10Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of 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,
Genesis 34:20, Genesis 34:24, Genesis 34:20, Genesis 34:24, Genesis 23:18
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 children of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
Luke 19:24, Isaiah 32:8, Luke 19:24, Isaiah 32:8, Deuteronomy 19:15
12And Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.
Genesis 19:1, Genesis 18:2, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 18:2
13And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt, I pray thee, hear me: I will give the price of the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
Acts 20:35, Romans 13:8, Colossians 4:5, Hebrews 13:5, Philippians 4:5
14And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
15My lord, hearken unto me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
Ezekiel 45:12, Ezekiel 45:12, Exodus 30:13, Exodus 30:15, Exodus 30:13
16And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
Zechariah 11:12, Jeremiah 32:9, Zechariah 11:12, Jeremiah 32:9, Ezekiel 45:12
17So 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 border thereof round about, were made sure
Genesis 25:9, Genesis 50:13, Genesis 25:9, Genesis 50:13, Genesis 23:20
18unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
Jeremiah 32:12, Genesis 34:20, Ruth 4:1, Jeremiah 32:12, Genesis 34:20
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.
Genesis 3:19, Genesis 25:9, Genesis 25:10, Genesis 49:29, Genesis 49:32
20And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying-place by the children of Heth.
Ruth 4:7, Ruth 4:10, Jeremiah 32:10, Jeremiah 32:14, Ruth 4:7

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