The Book Of Genesis

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Genesis 23:8
8 He said to them, "If you are willing to let me bury my dead, then listen to me and intercede with Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf

 

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Genesis 23:9
9 so he will sell me the cave of Machpelah, which belongs to him and is at the end of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for the full price as a burial site among you."

 

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Genesis 23:10
10 Ephron the Hittite was sitting among his people and he replied to Abraham in the hearing of all the Hitties who had come to the gate of his city.

 

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Genesis 23:11
11 "No, my lord," he said. "Listen to me; I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead."

 

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Genesis 23:12
12 Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land

 

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Genesis 23:13
13 and he said to Ephron in their hearing, "Listen to me, if you will. I will pay the price of the field. Accept it from me so I can bury my dead there."

 

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Genesis 23:14
14 Ephron answered Abraham,

 

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Genesis 23:15
15 "Listen to me, my lord; the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between me and you? Bury your dead."

 

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Genesis 23:16
16 Abraham agreed to Ephron's terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites; four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weight current among the merchants.

 

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Genesis 23:17
17 So Ephron's field in Machpelah near Mamre - both the field and the cave in it, and all the trees within the borders of the field - was deeded

 

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Genesis 23:18
18 to Abraham as his property in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of the city.

 

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Genesis 23:19
19 Afterward Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre (which is at Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

 

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Genesis 23:20
20 So the field and the cave in it were deeded to Abraham by the Hittites as a burial site.

 

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Genesis 24:1
1 Abraham was now old and well advanced in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.

 

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Genesis 24:2
2 He said to the chief servant in his household, the one in charge of all he had, "Put your hand under my thigh.

 

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Genesis 24:3
3 I want you to swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, along whom I am living,

 

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Genesis 24:4
4 but will go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac."

 

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Genesis 24:5
5 The servant asked him, "What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?"

 

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Genesis 24:6
6 "Make sure that you do not take my son back there," Abraham said.

 

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Genesis 24:7
7 "The LORD, the God of heaven who brought me out of my father's household and my native land and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, 'To your offspring I will give this land' - he will send his angel before you so that you can get a wife for my son from there.