23:1-4) Sarah dies 127, Kiriath Arb (Hebron, Canaan), after mourning "sell property, cemetery"
5-6) Hitties: you're a prince, pick the choicest tomb - we won't refuse
7-9) Abraham: listen, intercede w/Ephron to sell cave of Machpelah, full price
10-11) Ephron heard: No, I give to you in presence of my people
12-13) Abraham bowed: I will pay, accept it
14-16) Ephron: 400 shekels of silver, Abraham agreed
17-20) Ephron's field, Machpelah, Mamre deeded, Sarah buried
Funerals like weddings are expensive and wonderful
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