Genesis 23

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1Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length of Sarah’s life.

2Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

3Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children of Heth, saying,

4“I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”

5The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

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