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Josephus: Antiquities of the Jews, Books I–X

William Whiston (1737) · Translated text

BOOK I. Containing The Interval Of Three Thousand Eight Hundred And Thirty-Three Years. — From The Creation To The Death Of Isaac. — CHAPTER 14. Concerning Sarah Abraham's Wife; And How She Ended Her Days.

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Now Sarah died a little while after, having lived one hundred and twenty-seven years. They buried her in Hebron; the Canaanites publicly allowing them a burying-place; which piece of ground Abraham bought for four hundred shekels, of Ephron, an inhabitant of Hebron. And both Abraham and his descendants built themselves sepulchers in that place.