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Death and Burial of Sarah
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The life of Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.
| E | UIAIU | ChII | ShRA | MEA | ShNA
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| | and·he-will·be | ? | ? | from·I-will·the | ?
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| | UOShRIM | ShNA | UShBO | ShNIM | ShNI | ChII | ShRA
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| | and·? | ? | and·? | years | two | ? | ?
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Sarah died in Kiriatharba--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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| | and·? | ? | in·? | I-will·? | the·and·I-will | ?
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| | BERTs | KNON | UIBE | EBRAM | LSFD
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| | in·earth | as·we·? | and·he-will·come | I-will·in·? | to·?
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| | LShRA | ULBKThA
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| | to·? | and·to·in·as·?
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3
Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children of Heth, saying:
| G | UIQM | EBRAM | MOL | FNI | MThU
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| | and·he-will·? | I-will·in·? | from·on | face | from·?
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| | UIDBR | EL- | BNI- | ChTh | LEMR
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| | and·he-will·? | this | in·we·he-will | ? | to·say
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'I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.'
| D | GR- | UThUShB | ENKI | OMKM | ThNU | LI | EChZTh- | QBR | OMKM
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| | ? | and·? | I | ? | ? | to·he-will | I-will·? | ? | ?
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| | UEQBRA | MThI | MLFNI
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| | and·I-will·? | from·? | from·to·face
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5
The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him:
| A | UIONU | BNI- | ChTh | ETh- | EBRAM
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| | and·he-will·? | in·we·he-will | ? | the | I-will·in·?
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'Hear us, my lord: you are a mighty prince among us; in the choice of our tombs bury your dead; none of us shall withhold from you his tomb, but that you may bury your dead.'
| U | ShMONU | EDNI | NShIE | ELAIM | EThA | BThUKNU
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| | ? | I-will·? | we·? | God | I-will·? | in·?
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| | BMBChR | QBRINU | QBR | ETh- | MThK | EISh
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| | in·from·in·? | ? | ? | the | from·? | I-will·he-will·?
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| | MMNU | ETh- | QBRU | LE- | IKLA
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| | from·from·we·and | the | ? | not | he-will·as·to·the
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| | MMK | MQBR | MThK
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| | from·from·as | from·? | from·?
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7
Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
| Z | UIQM | EBRAM | UIShThChU | LOM-
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| | and·he-will·? | I-will·in·? | and·he-will·? | to·?
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| | AERTs | LBNI- | ChTh
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| | the·earth | to·in·we·he-will | ?
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He spoke with them, saying: 'If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
| Ch | UIDBR | EThM | LEMR | EM- | ISh | ETh-
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| | and·he-will·? | them | to·say | I-will·from | he-will·? | the
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| | NFShKM | LQBR | ETh- | MThI | MLFNI | ShMOUNI | UFGOU-
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| | we·? | to·? | the | from·? | from·to·face | ? | and·?
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| | LI | BOFRUN | BN- | TsChR
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| | to·he-will | in·? | in·we | ?
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that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field; for the full price let him give it to me in the middle of you for a possession of a burying-place.'
| T | UIThN- | LI | ETh- | MORTh | AMKFLA | EShR-
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| | and·give | to·he-will | the | from·? | the·from·as·? | which
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| | LU | EShR | BQTsA | ShDAU | BKSF | MLE | IThNNA
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| | to·and | which | in·? | ? | in·as·? | from·not | he-will·?
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| | LI | BThUKKM | LEChZTh- | QBR
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| | to·he-will | in·? | to·I-will·? | ?
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10
Now Ephron was sitting in the middle of the children of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying:
| I | UOFRUN | IShB | BThUK | BNI- | ChTh
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| | and·? | he-will·? | in·middle | in·we·he-will | ?
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| | UION | OFRUN | AChThI | ETh- | EBRAM
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| | and·he-will·? | ? | the·? | the | I-will·in·?
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| | BEZNI | BNI- | ChTh | LKL
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| | in·I-will·? | in·we·he-will | ? | to·all
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| | BEI | ShOR- | OIRU | LEMR
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| | in·I-will·he-will | ? | ? | to·say
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'Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I you, and the cave that is therein, I give it you; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it you; bury your dead.'
| IE | LE- | EDNI | ShMONI | AShDA | NThThI | LK
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| | not | I-will·? | ? | the·field | given | to·as
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| | UAMORA | EShR- | BU | LK | NThThIA | LOINI
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| | and·the·from·? | which | give | to·as | we·? | to·?
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| | BNI- | OMI | NThThIA | LK | QBR | MThK
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| | in·we·he-will | ? | we·? | to·as | ? | from·?
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12
Abraham bowed down before the people of the land.
| IB | UIShThChU | EBRAM | LFNI | OM | AERTs
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| | and·he-will·? | I-will·in·? | to·face | ? | the·earth
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13
He spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying: 'But if you will, I pray you, hear me: I will give the price of the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.'
| IG | UIDBR | EL- | OFRUN | BEZNI | OM- | AERTs
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| | and·he-will·? | this | ? | in·I-will·? | ? | the·earth
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| | LEMR | EK | EM- | EThA | LU | ShMONI
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| | to·say | I-will·as | I-will·from | I-will·? | to·and | ?
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| | NThThI | KSF | AShDA | QCh | MMNI
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| | given | as·? | the·field | ? | from·from·we·he-will
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| | UEQBRA | ETh- | MThI | ShMA
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| | and·I-will·? | the | from·? | ?
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14
Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him:
| ID | UION | OFRUN | ETh- | EBRAM | LEMR | LU
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| | and·he-will·? | ? | the | I-will·in·? | to·say | to·and
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'My lord, hearken to me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and you? bury therefore your dead.'
| TU | EDNI | ShMONI | ERTs | ERBO | METh | ShQL- | KSF
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| | I-will·? | ? | earth | I-will·? | from·the | ? | as·?
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| | BINI | UBINK
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| | in·he-will·we·he-will | and·in·he-will·we·as
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| | MA- | AUE | UETh- | MThK | QBR
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| | from·the | the·and·I-will | and·the | from·? | ?
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Abraham hearkened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
| TZ | UIShMO | EBRAM | EL- | OFRUN | UIShQL
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| | and·he-will·? | I-will·in·? | this | ? | and·he-will·?
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| | EBRAM | LOFRN | ETh- | AKSF | EShR | DBR | BEZNI
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| | I-will·in·? | to·? | the | the·as·? | which | ? | in·I-will·?
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| | BNI- | ChTh | ERBO
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| | in·we·he-will | ? | I-will·?
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| | MEUTh | ShQL | KSF | OBR | LSChR
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| | from·I-will·and·she-will | ? | as·? | ? | to·?
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So 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 border thereof round about, were made sure
| IZ | UIQM | ShDA | OFRUN | EShR | BMKFLA | EShR
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| | and·he-will·? | field | ? | which | in·from·as·? | which
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| | LFNI | MMRE | AShDA | UAMORA
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| | to·face | from·from·see | the·field | and·the·from·?
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| | EShR- | BU | UKL- | AOTs | EShR | BShDA | EShR
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| | which | give | and·all | the·tree | which | in·field | which
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| | BKL- | GBLU | SBIB
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| | in·all | ? | ?
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to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
| ICh | LEBRAM | LMQNA | LOINI | BNI- | ChTh
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| | to·I-will·in·? | to·from·? | to·? | in·we·he-will | ?
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| | BKL | BEI | ShOR- | OIRU
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| | in·all | in·I-will·he-will | ? | ?
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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.
| IT | UEChRI- | KN | QBR | EBRAM | ETh- | ShRA | EShThU
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| | and·I-will·? | so | ? | I-will·in·? | the | ? | I-will·?
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| | EL- | MORTh | ShDA | AMKFLA | OL- | FNI
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| | this | from·? | field | the·from·as·? | on | face
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| | MMRE | AUE | ChBRUN | BERTs
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| | from·from·see | the·and·I-will | ? | in·earth
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The field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure to Abraham for a possession of a burying-place by the children of Heth.
| K | UIQM | AShDA | UAMORA | EShR- | BU
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| | and·he-will·? | the·field | and·the·from·? | which | give
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| | LEBRAM | LEChZTh- | QBR | METh
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| | to·I-will·in·? | to·I-will·? | ? | from·the
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| | BNI- | ChTh
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| | in·we·he-will | ?
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