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And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, Nahor's wife.

And Abraham took note of the price fixed by Ephron in the hearing of the children of Heth, and gave him four hundred shekels in current money.

So Ephron said to Abraham,

Genesis 23

And Sarah's death took place in Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan: and Abraham went into his house, weeping and sorrowing for Sarah.

Now Ephron was seated among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite gave Abraham his answer in the hearing of the children of Heth, and of all those who came into his town, saying,

And Abraham came from his dead and said to the children of Heth,

And in answer the children of Heth said to Abraham,

And Abraham got up and gave honour to the children of Heth, the people of that land.

And he said to them, If you will let me put my dead to rest here, make a request for me to Ephron, the son of Zohar,

No, my lord, I will give you the field with the hollow in the rock; before all the children of my people will I give it to you for a resting-place for your dead.

That he will give me the hollow in the rock named Machpelah, which is his property at the end of his field; let him give it to me for its full price as a resting-place for my dead among you.

And his servant Reumah gave birth to Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah.

My lord, truly you are a great chief among us; take the best of our resting-places for your dead; not one of us will keep back from you a place where you may put your dead to rest.

And Abraham went down on his face before the people of the land.

And Abraham said to Ephron, in the hearing of the people of the land, If only you will give ear to me, I will give you the price of the field; take it, and let me put my dead to rest there.

I am living among you as one from a strange country: give me some land here as my property, so that I may put my dead to rest.

My lord, give ear to me: the value of the land is four hundred shekels; what is that between me and you? so put your dead to rest there.

Now the years of Sarah's life were a hundred and twenty-seven.

And your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth, because you have done what I gave you orders to do.

After these things, Abraham had news that Milcah, the wife of his brother Nahor, had given birth to children;

And lifting up his eyes, Abraham saw a sheep fixed by its horns in the brushwood: and Abraham took the sheep and made a burned offering of it in place of his son.

Then Abraham went back to his young men and they went together to Beer-sheba, the place where Abraham was living.

Uz the oldest, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel, the father of Aram,

Bethuel was the father of Rebekah: these eight were the children of Milcah and Nahor, Abraham's brother.

Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son,

And the voice of the angel of the Lord came to Abraham a second time from heaven,

And he said, Let not your hand be stretched out against the boy to do anything to him; for now I am certain that the fear of God is in your heart, because you have not kept back your son, your only son, from me.

That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;

And Abraham gave that place the name Yahweh-yireh: as it is said to this day, In the mountain the Lord is seen.