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Genesis 23 ERV · ERV Bible Reading

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  SPEAKER_00: Genesis 23, Sarah dies.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old.
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  SPEAKER_00: She died in the city of Kirath Arba, Hebron, in the land of Canaan.
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  SPEAKER_00: Abraham was very sad and cried for Hebre.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then he left his dead wife and went to talk to the Hittites.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said, I am only a foreigner staying in your country.
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  SPEAKER_00: I have no place to bury my wife.
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  SPEAKER_00: Please give me some land so that I can bury her.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Hittites answered Abraham, Sir, you are a great leader among us.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can have the best place we have to bury your dead.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can have any of our burying places that you want.
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  SPEAKER_00: None of us will stop you from burying your wife there.
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  SPEAKER_00: Abraham got up and bowed to the people.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said to them, If you really want to help me bury my dead wife, speak to Ephraim, the son of Zohar for me.
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  SPEAKER_00: I would like to buy the cave of Makpala, which belongs to Ephraim.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is at the end of his field.
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  SPEAKER_00: I will pay him the full price.
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  SPEAKER_00: I want all of you to be witnesses that I am buying it as a burial place.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ephraim was sitting there among the people.
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  SPEAKER_00: He answered Abraham, No, sir, here in front of my people I give you that land and the cave on it so that you can bury your wife.
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  SPEAKER_00: Abraham bowed before the Hittites.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said to Ephrine before all the people, but I want to give you the full price for the field.
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  SPEAKER_00: Accept my money, and I will bury my dead.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ephraim answered Abraham, Sir, listen to me, ten pounds of silver mean nothing to you or me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Take the land and bury your dead wife.
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  SPEAKER_00: Abraham understood that Ephraim was telling him the price of the land.
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  SPEAKER_00: So Abraham paid him for the land.
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  SPEAKER_00: He weighed out ten pounds of silver for Ephrine and gave it to the merchant.
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  SPEAKER_00: So the field of Ephraim changed owners.
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  SPEAKER_00: This field was in Makpala, near Mamre.
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  SPEAKER_00: Abraham became the owner of the field, the cave in it, and all the trees in the field.
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  SPEAKER_00: Everyone in the city saw the agreement between Ephraim and Abraham.
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  SPEAKER_00: After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of that field near Mamre, in the land of Canaan.
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  SPEAKER_00: Abraham bought the field and the cave in it from the Hittites, so this became his property to be used as a burial place.