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Genesis Chapter 23

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GENESIS

Genesis 23

1And Sarah was a hundred twenty seven years old, the years of the life of Sarah.
Genesis 17:17, Genesis 17:17
2And 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.
Genesis 23:19, Genesis 23:19, Genesis 13:18, Genesis 13:18, 1 Chronicles 6:57
3And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons 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 visitor with you. Give me a possession of a burying place with you, so 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 sons of Heth answered Abraham saying to him,
6Hear us, my lord. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choice of our burying places. None of us shall withhold from you his burying-place from burying your dead.
Genesis 24:35, Genesis 24:35, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 21:22
7And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, the sons of Heth.
Genesis 18:2, Romans 12:17, Romans 12:18, Genesis 19:1, 1 Peter 3:8
8And he spoke with them, saying, If it is your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and ask for me of 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 has, which is in the end of his field. For as much silver as it is worth he shall give it to me for a possession of a burying-place among you.
Romans 12:17, Romans 13:8, Romans 12:17, Romans 13:8
10And Ephron lived among the sons of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the ears of the sons of Heth, 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
11No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and the cave that is in it I give to you. In the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead.
Luke 19:24, Isaiah 32:8, Luke 19:24, Isaiah 32:8, Deuteronomy 19:15
12And Abraham bowed before the people of the land.
Genesis 19:1, Genesis 18:2, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 18:2
13And he spoke to Ephron in the ears of the people of the land, saying, Only if you would hear me. I will give you silver for the field. Take it from 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 to him,
15My lord, listen to me. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that between me and you? And bury your dead.
Ezekiel 45:12, Ezekiel 45:12, Exodus 30:13, Exodus 30:15, Exodus 30:13
16And Abraham listened to Ephron. And Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, which passes with the merchant.
Zechariah 11:12, Jeremiah 32:9, Zechariah 11:12, Jeremiah 32:9, Ezekiel 45:12
17And the field of Ephron was certified, which was Machpelah, which was before Mamre; the field and the cave which was in it, and all the trees in the field, in all the borders round about,
Genesis 25:9, Genesis 50:13, Genesis 25:9, Genesis 50:13, Genesis 23:20
18to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the sons 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 at the field of Machpelah before Mamre, which 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 in it, were certified to Abraham for a possession of a burying place by the sons of Heth.
Ruth 4:7, Ruth 4:10, Jeremiah 32:10, Jeremiah 32:14, Ruth 4:7

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