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Genesis Chapter 23

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Jacob deceives his brother Esau and marries Rachel, his beloved, while his brother’s wife Leah is left without a husband. The chapter ends with Jacob returning home, where his father Isaac blesses his son Esau, highlighting the tension between divine providence and human deceit.

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(1) And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.
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Genesis 17:17

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II Chronicles 2:10Genesis 18:10Genesis 18:11Genesis 20:2Genesis 21:1Genesis 23:2

(2) And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
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Genesis 23:19Genesis 13:18Numbers 13:22Joshua 10:39Joshua 14:14Joshua 14:15Joshua 20:7Judges 1:10I Samuel 20:31II Samuel 2:11II Samuel 5:3II Samuel 5:5

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Genesis 23:19Genesis 18:11Genesis 20:2Genesis 25:10Genesis 18:10Genesis 21:1

(3) And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
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Genesis 23:5Genesis 23:7Genesis 10:15Genesis 25:10Genesis 27:46Genesis 49:30I Samuel 26:6II Samuel 23:39

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Genesis 23:10Genesis 23:16Genesis 25:10

(4) I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
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Genesis 17:8Genesis 47:9Leviticus 25:23I Chronicles 29:15Psalms 39:12Psalms 105:12Psalms 105:13Psalms 119:19Hebrews 11:9Hebrews 11:13Hebrews 11:14Hebrews 11:15

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Leviticus 25:47Joshua 22:19Ezekiel 46:18

(5) And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
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Genesis 23:10Genesis 23:16Genesis 25:10

(6) Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
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Genesis 18:12Genesis 24:18Genesis 24:35Genesis 31:35Genesis 32:4Genesis 32:5Genesis 32:18Genesis 42:10Genesis 44:5Genesis 44:8Exodus 32:22Ruth 2:13

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Deuteronomy 30:20Genesis 50:5Jeremiah 19:11I Kings 2:31Revelation 3:18I Kings 13:31

(7) And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
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Genesis 18:2Genesis 19:1Proverbs 18:24Romans 12:17Romans 12:18Hebrews 12:14I Peter 3:8

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Genesis 23:10Genesis 23:16Genesis 25:10Judges 5:27

(8) And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
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I Kings 2:17Luke 7:3Luke 7:4Hebrews 7:26I John 2:1I John 2:2

(9) That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
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Romans 12:17Romans 13:8

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Genesis 49:30Genesis 50:13Genesis 23:17Genesis 23:20II Kings 12:4Genesis 23:19

(10) And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
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Genesis 23:18Genesis 34:20Genesis 34:24Ruth 4:1Ruth 4:2Ruth 4:3Ruth 4:4Job 29:7Isaiah 28:6Genesis 24:10Matthew 9:1Luke 2:3

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Genesis 23:16Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 46:9Genesis 23:18Genesis 25:10Genesis 27:46

(11) Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
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Genesis 23:6II Samuel 24:20II Samuel 24:21II Samuel 24:22II Samuel 24:23II Samuel 24:24I Chronicles 21:22I Chronicles 21:23I Chronicles 21:24Isaiah 32:8Genesis 23:18Numbers 35:30

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Genesis 23:17Genesis 23:20Genesis 49:29Genesis 49:30Genesis 49:32Genesis 50:13

(12) And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
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Genesis 23:7Genesis 18:2Genesis 19:1

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Judges 5:27

(13) And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
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Genesis 14:22Genesis 14:23II Samuel 24:24Acts 20:35Romans 13:8Philippians 4:5Philippians 4:6Philippians 4:7Philippians 4:8Colossians 4:5Hebrews 13:5

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Genesis 23:17II Kings 8:12Genesis 23:16II Kings 12:4Genesis 49:29Genesis 49:30

(14) And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
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Genesis 23:16Genesis 23:10

(15) My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
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Exodus 30:15Ezekiel 45:12

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Numbers 7:85Genesis 23:16Exodus 38:19Ezekiel 48:16Leviticus 27:6Numbers 7:13

(16) And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
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Genesis 43:21Ezra 8:25Ezra 8:26Ezra 8:27Ezra 8:28Ezra 8:29Ezra 8:30Job 28:15Jeremiah 32:9Zechariah 11:12Matthew 7:12Romans 13:8

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Genesis 23:10Numbers 7:85Exodus 38:19Exodus 38:17Leviticus 27:6Numbers 7:13

(17) And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure
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Genesis 23:20Genesis 25:9Genesis 49:30Genesis 49:31Genesis 49:32Genesis 50:13Acts 7:16Ruth 4:7Ruth 4:8Ruth 4:9Ruth 4:10Psalms 112:5

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Genesis 49:30Genesis 50:13Exodus 9:25Exodus 22:5Genesis 25:9Genesis 2:5

(18) Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
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Genesis 34:20Ruth 4:1Jeremiah 32:12

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Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 46:9Genesis 23:10Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 46:2II Samuel 16:19

(19) And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
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Genesis 3:19Genesis 25:9Genesis 25:10Genesis 35:27Genesis 35:28Genesis 35:29Genesis 47:30Genesis 49:29Genesis 49:30Genesis 49:31Genesis 49:32Genesis 50:13

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Genesis 50:13Genesis 49:30Genesis 23:17Genesis 25:9Genesis 25:10Genesis 23:2

(20) And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
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Ruth 4:7Ruth 4:8Ruth 4:9Ruth 4:10II Samuel 24:24Jeremiah 32:10Jeremiah 32:11Genesis 25:9Genesis 49:31Genesis 49:32Genesis 50:5Genesis 50:13

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