Genesis 23

Question 1

Genesis 23:1

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Genesis 23:2

Answer 2

She died at Kiriath Arba in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her.

Question 3

Genesis 23:3

Answer 3

Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites. He said,

Question 4

Genesis 23:4

Answer 4

“I am an alien and a stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead.”

Question 5

Genesis 23:5

Answer 5

The Hittites replied to Abraham,

Question 6

Genesis 23:6

Answer 6

“Sir, listen to us. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb for burying your dead.”

Question 7

Genesis 23:7

Answer 7

Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.

Question 8

Genesis 23:8

Answer 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

Question 9

Genesis 23:9

Answer 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.”

Question 10

Genesis 23:10

Answer 10

Ephron the Hittite was sitting among his people and he replied to Abraham in the hearing of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.

Question 11

Genesis 23:11

Answer 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.”

Question 12

Genesis 23:12

Answer 12

Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land

Question 13

Genesis 23:13

Answer 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.”

Question 14

Genesis 23:14

Answer 14

Ephron answered Abraham,

Question 15

Genesis 23:15

Answer 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.”

Question 16

Genesis 23:16

Answer 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.

Question 17

Genesis 23:17

Answer 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

Question 18

Genesis 23:18

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Genesis 23:19

Answer 19

Afterward Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre in the land of Canaan.

Question 20

Genesis 23:20

Answer 20

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