Genesis 23
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Genesis 23:1-4

1Now 1SarahH8283 livedH2425H1961 127H3967H6242H7651 yearsH8141; these were the yearsH8141 of the lifeH2425 of SarahH8283.

2SarahH8283 diedH4191 in 2Kiriath-arbaH7153 (that is, HebronH2275) in the landH776 of CanaanH3667; and AbrahamH85 3cameH935 inH935 to mournH5594 for SarahH8283 and to weepH1058 for her.

3Then AbrahamH85 aroseH6965 from mourning beforeH6440 his deadH4191, and spokeH1696 to the 4sonsH1121 of HethH2845, sayingH559,

4“I am 5a strangerH1616 and a foreignH8453 residentH8453 amongH5973 you; 6giveH5414 me 7a 8burialH6913 siteH272 amongH5973 you so that I may buryH6912 my deadH4191 out of my sightH6440.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 23:1 Lit the life of Sarah was ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 23:2 Josh 14:15; 15:13; 21:11 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 23:2 Or proceeded ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 23:3 Gen 10:15; 15:20 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 23:4 Gen 17:8; Lev 25:23; 1 Chr 29:15; Ps 39:12; 105:12; 119:19; Heb 11:9, 13 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 23:4 Acts 7:16 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 23:4 Lit possession of a burial place ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 23:4 Gen 49:30 ↩

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