And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
Abraham rises from mourning his deceased wife to negotiate with the Hittites for a burial site.
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Traditionally attributed to Moses · c. 13th century BC · The Pentateuch — Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy — is traditionally attributed to him
And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
Abraham rises from mourning his deceased wife to negotiate with the Hittites for a burial site.
1And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.
2And 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.
3And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
4I 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.
5And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,