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.
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The longest life must shortly come to a close. Blessed be God that there is a world where sin, death, vanity, and vexation cannot enter.