Abraham

• Name	Abraham   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Notes	Excerpt from "Royalty for Commoners": Abraham (Abram) b. Ur of the Chaldeans; res. Caanan; d. in Caanan and bur in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre in the field of Ephrom, son of Zahar the Hittite, in a field Abraham bought from Hittites; md Sarah (Serai) who was b. in Ur of the Chaldeans and d. at Kiriath, Arba, in Hebron, Caanan; bur with her husband. Abraham was a wealthy livestock owner. 1 Chronicles 1:20-27 The sons of Joktan: Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Ebal, Abima-el, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. So the son of Shem was Arpachshad, the son of Arpachshad was Shelah, The son of Shelah was Eber, The son of Eber was Peleg, The son of Peleg was Reu, The son of Reu was Serug, The son of Serug was Nahor, The son of Nahor was Terah, The son of Terah was Abram (later known as Abraham). Genesis 23: 1-20 When Sarah was 127 years old, she died in Hebron in the land of Canaan; there Abraham mourned and wept for her. Then, standing beside her body, he said to the men of Heth; "Here I am, a visitor in a foreign land, with no place to bury my wife. Please sell me a piece of ground for this purpose." "Certainly," the men replied, "for you are an honored prince of God among us; it will be a privilege to have you choose the finest of our sepulchres, so that you can bury her there." Then Abraham bowed low before them and said, "Since this is your feeling in the matter, be so kind as to ask Ephron, Zohar's son, to sell me the cave of Mach-pelah, down at the end of his field. I will of course pay the full price for it, whatever is publicly agreed upon, and it will become a permanent cemetery for my family." Ephron was sitting there among the others, and now he spoke up, answering Abraham as the others listened, speaking publicly before all the citizens of the town: "Sir," he said to Abraham, "please listen to me. I will give you the cave and the field without any charge. Here in the presence of my people, I give it to you free. Go and bury your dead." Abraham bowed again to the men of Heth, and replied to Ephron, as all listened: "No, let me buy it from you. Let me pay the full price of the field, and then I will bury my dead." "Well, the land is worth 400 pieces of silver," Ephron said, "but what is that between friends? Go ahead and bury your dead." So Abraham paid Ephron the price he had suggested - 400 pieces of silver, as publicly agreed. This is the land he bought: Ephron's field at Mach-pelah, near Mamre, and the cave at the end of the field, and all the trees in the field. They became his permanent possession, by agreement in the presence of the men of Heth at the city gate. So Abraham buried Sarah there, in the field and cave deeded to him by the men of Heth as a burial plot. Genesis 25:7-10 Then Abraham died, at the ripe old age of 175, and his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Mach-pelah near Mamre, in the field Abraham had purchased from Ephron the son of Zohar, the Hethite, where Sarah, Abraham's wife was buried.
  Person ID	I01358	Main Tree
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2018

  
  

  Family	SARAH
  Children	1. ISAAC  [Natural]
  Family ID	F15158	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S03311] Roderick W. Stuart, Royalty For Commoners - Fourth Edition, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc;;). [S03462] The Living Bible - Paraphrased, I Chronicles 1:20-27.