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Bible Verses About Land: Bought and sold

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Verses on Bought and sold

  1. And Abraham riseth up from the presence of his dead, and speaketh unto the sons of Heth, saying,

  2. `A sojourner and a settler I am with you; give to me a possession of a burying-place with you, and I bury my dead from before me.'

  3. And the sons of Heth answer Abraham, saying to him,

  4. `Hear us, my lord; a prince of God art thou in our midst; in the choice of our burying-places bury thy dead: none of us his burying-place doth withhold from thee, from burying thy dead.'

  5. And Abraham riseth and boweth himself to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth,

  6. and he speaketh with them, saying, `If it is your desire to bury my dead from before me, hear me, and meet for me with Ephron, son of Zoar;

  7. and he giveth to me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the extremity of his field; for full money doth he give it to me, in your midst, for a possession of a burying-place.'

  8. And Ephron is sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth, and Ephron the Hittite answereth Abraham in the ears of the sons of Heth, of all those entering the gate of his city, saying,

  9. `Nay, my lord, hear me: the field I have given to thee, and the cave that is in it, to thee I have given it; before the eyes of the sons of my people I have given it to thee--bury thy dead.'

  10. And Abraham boweth himself before the people of the land,

  11. and speaketh unto Ephron in the ears of the people of the land, saying, `Only--if thou wouldest hear me--I have given the money of the field--accept from me, and I bury my dead there.'

  12. And Ephron answereth Abraham, saying to him,

  13. `My lord, hear me: the land--four hundred shekels of silver; between me and thee, what is it? --thy dead bury.'

  14. And Abraham hearkeneth unto Ephron, and Abraham weigheth to Ephron the silver which he hath spoken of in the ears of the sons of Heth, four hundred silver shekels, passing with the merchant.

  15. And established are the field of Ephron, which is in Machpelah, which is before Mamre, the field and the cave which is in it, and all the trees which are in the field, which are in all its border round about,

  16. to Abraham by purchase, before the eyes of the sons of Heth, among all entering the gate of his city.

  17. And a certain man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

  18. and did keep back of the price--his wife also knowing--and having brought a certain part, at the feet of the apostles he laid it .

  19. And Peter said, `Ananias, wherefore did the Adversary fill thy heart, for thee to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back of the price of the place?

  20. while it remained, did it not remain thine? and having been sold, in thy authority was it not? why is it that thou didst put in thy heart this thing? thou didst not lie to men, but to God;'

  21. and Ananias hearing these words, having fallen down, did expire, and great fear came upon all who heard these things,

  22. and having risen, the younger men wound him up, and having carried forth, they buried him .

  23. And it came to pass, about three hours after, that his wife, not knowing what hath happened, came in,

  24. and Peter answered her, `Tell me if for so much ye sold the place;' and she said, `Yes, for so much.'