V-2 - Chapter 9 - Sarah's Story & the Story of Isaac

[Robin Landseadel]

Genesis 22  is the section in the Bible where we have the "Story of  
Isaac", familiar to Hippies of all persuasion, whether by Collins or  
Cohen. Genesis 23 is the section where Sarah dies, age 127.


Genesis 22

  1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt  
Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

  2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou  
lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for  
a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

  3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and  
took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the  
wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of  
which God had told him.

  4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the  
place afar off.

  5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass;  
and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.

  6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon  
Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they  
went both of them together.

  7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and  
he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood:  
but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

  8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a  
burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

  9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham  
built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his  
son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

  10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay  
his son.

  11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and  
said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

  12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any  
thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast  
not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

  13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him  
a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the  
ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

  14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is  
said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

  15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the  
second time,

  16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because  
thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only  
son:

  17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will  
multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is  
upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

  18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;  
because thou hast obeyed my voice.

  19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went  
together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.

  20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham,  
saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother  
Nahor;

  21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of  
Aram,



Genesis 23


  1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these  
were the years of the life of Sarah.

  2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of  
Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

  3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons  
of Heth, saying,

  4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of  
a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

  5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

  6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice  
of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee  
his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

  7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land,  
even to the children of Heth.

  8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I  
should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to  
Ephron the son of Zohar,

  9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is  
in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall  
give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.

  10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the  
Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even  
of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,

  11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that  
is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people  
give I it thee: bury thy dead.

  12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.

  13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the  
land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will  
give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead  
there.

  14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,

  15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels  
of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

  16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron  
the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth,  
four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

  17 And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was before  
Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees  
that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were  
made sure

  18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of  
Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.

  19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the  
field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of  
Canaan.

  20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto  
Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.


  22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.

  23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor,  
Abraham's brother.

  24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah,  
and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.