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Antiquities of the Jews

CHAPTER 14 · 15 of 257

Antiquities of the Jews

English, translated by William Whiston — The Works of Flavius Josephus, translated by William Whiston, 1737

CHAPTER 14. CONCERNING SARAH ABRAHAM'S WIFE; AND HOW SHE ENDED HER DAYS.

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.