. The Bible panorama, or The Holy Scriptures in picture and story. otwhat he -wanted; he wanted a sexmlchre of his own. And there -was a man in that land -whose name was Ephron. He owned afield; this field had trees in it, and at one end of it -was a cave. Abrahamthought he would like to have that cave for his sepulchre. So he asked thepeople to tell Ephron that he -wanted it, and -would give him money for Ephron heard this he said that Abraham might have the cave fornothing, and not the cave only, he -would give him the field also. But Abraham bowed himself down before Ephron and the
. The Bible panorama, or The Holy Scriptures in picture and story. otwhat he -wanted; he wanted a sexmlchre of his own. And there -was a man in that land -whose name was Ephron. He owned afield; this field had trees in it, and at one end of it -was a cave. Abrahamthought he would like to have that cave for his sepulchre. So he asked thepeople to tell Ephron that he -wanted it, and -would give him money for Ephron heard this he said that Abraham might have the cave fornothing, and not the cave only, he -would give him the field also. But Abraham bowed himself down before Ephron and the men who -were with him, and answered, that he -would rather buy the field and pay for it; he did not want to take it for nothing. Then Ephron said he was willing to sell it; and Abraham gave him four hundred shekels of silver for the field, and the trees that were in it, and the cave. Shekels were money; so Abraham paid for the field, and the trees, and the cave, and they -were his own after that. And he made the cave his sepulchre, and there he buried Sarah. 34. ABRAHAM BURIES PARATI, HIS WIFE. IN THE CAVE OF THE FIELD OF MACHPELAH. .- Ql M SIS XXIII. lit. ! Abrahams Servant Meets Rebekah. ABRAHAM was now old, and the Lord had blessed him in all things. And_i_^_V when Isaac was grown np to be a man, Abraham, his father, did notwish him to take a. wife from the women who lived in the land ofCanaan, for they worshipped idols. He wanted Isaac to have his wife fromthat country where Abraham used to live, and where he had relations stillliving who feared the Lord. Now that country was a long way from Canaan; so Abraham called hisoldest servant, who took care of his silver and gold, his flocks and his herds,and all that he had, and asked him to promise that he would go to thatcountry and bring back from there a wife for Isaac; and the servant promisedto do as Abraham commanded. So he took ten of Abrahams camels and some beautiful presents, and wenton his journey to the land where Ab
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