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Sarah’s Death and Burial

1 Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.
2 So Sarah died in aKirjath Arba (that is, bHebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.  
3 Then Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of aHeth, saying,  
4 a“I am a foreigner and a visitor among you. bGive me property for a burial place among you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”  
5 And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
6 “Hear us, my lord: You are a1 amighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our burial places. None of us will withhold from you his burial place, that you may bury your dead.”  
7 Then Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land, the sons of Heth.
8 And he spoke with them, saying, “If it is your wish that I bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and1 meet with Ephron the son of Zohar for me,  
9 that he may give me the cave of aMachpelah which he has, which is at the end of his field. Let him give it to me at the full price, as property for a burial place among you.”  
10 Now Ephron dwelt among the sons of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the presence of the sons of Heth, all who aentered at the gate of his city, saying,  
11 a“No, my lord, hear me: I give you the field and the cave that is in it; I give it to you in the presence of the sons of my people. I give it to you. Bury your dead!”  
12 Then Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land;
13 and he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, “If you will give it, please hear me. I will give you money for the field; take it from me and I will bury my dead there.”
14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
15 “My lord, listen to me; the land is worth four hundred ashekels of silver. What is that between you and me? So bury your dead.”  
16 And Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham aweighed out the silver for Ephron which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, currency of the merchants.  
17 So athe field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field and the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, which were within all the surrounding borders, were deeded  
18 to Abraham as a possession in the presence of the sons of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
20 So the field and the cave that is in it awere deeded to Abraham by the sons of Heth as property for a burial place. 
Verse Comparison: Genesis 23:1

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American Standard Version
And the life of Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years. These were the years of the life of Sarah.

Amplified® Bible
SARAH LIVED 127 years; this was the length of the life of Sarah.

Contemporary English Version
When Sarah was one hundred twenty-seven years old, she died in Kiriath-Arba, better known as Hebron, in the land of Canaan. After Abraham had mourned for her,

Darby English Version
And the life of Sarah was a hundred and twenty-seven years: [these were] the years of the life of Sarah.

Good News Bible
Sarah lived to be 127 years old.

King James Version
And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.

New American Standard Bible
Now Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; {these were} the years of the life of Sarah.

New International Version
Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old.

New King James Version
Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these constituted the years of the life of Sarah.

Revised Standard Version
Sarah lived a hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.

Young's Literal Translation
And the life of Sarah is a hundred and twenty and seven years -- years of the life of Sarah;


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