World English Bible
Genesis 23:2
“Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.”
Verse in context — Genesis 23
1
Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length of Sarah's life.
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Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
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Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children of Heth, saying,
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I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
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