Then 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.

¶ Then Abraham [a]rose up from the sight of his corpse, and talked with the [b]Hittites, saying,

I am a stranger, and a foreigner among you: give me a possession of burial with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 23:3 That is, when he had mourned: so the godly may mourn, if they pass not measure, and the natural affection is commendable.
  2. Genesis 23:3 Hebrew, sons of Heth.

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