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Genesis 23:19

Contemporary English Version 1995

So Abraham buried his wife Sarah in Machpelah Cave that was in the field

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So our bodies return to the earth, and the life-giving breath returns to God.

You will be afraid to climb up a hill or walk down a road. Your hair will turn as white as almond blossoms. You will feel lifeless and drag along like an old grasshopper. We each go to our eternal home, and the streets here are filled with those who mourn.

You may live a long time and have a hundred children. But a child born dead is better off than you, unless you enjoy life and have a decent burial.

Soon he will send me home to the world of the dead, where we all must go.

Now promise me that you will take my body with you when God leads you to that land.”

They took him to Mamre in Canaan and buried him in Machpelah Cave, the burial place Abraham had bought from Ephron the Hittite.

Instead, bury me in the place where my ancestors are buried.” “I will do what you have asked,” Joseph answered.

You will sweat all your life to earn a living; you were made out of soil, and you will once again turn into soil.”

he had bought from the Hittites.

His father said, “Go and find out how your brothers and the sheep are doing. Then come back and let me know.” So he sent him from Hebron Valley. Joseph was near Shechem




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