Genesis 23

1 Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.

2 She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.

3 Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,

4 “I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”

5 The Hittites replied to Abraham,

6 “Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”

7 Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.

8 “If you are willing for me to bury my dead,” he said to them, “listen to me, and approach Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf

9 to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site.”

10 Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,

11 “No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”

12 Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land

13 and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”

14 Ephron answered Abraham,

15 “Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

16 Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.

17 So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field were deeded over

18 to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.

19 After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

20 So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.

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.

1 sara was one hundred and twenty-seven years old

2 And she died in the capital city, which is called Hebron, in the land of Canaan. Then came Abraham to lament and weep over her.

3 And afterward he arose from his dead body, and spake unto the children of Heth, saying:

4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me an inheritance with you, that I may bury my dead which is before me.

5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, and said unto him:

6 Hear us, O Lord! Thou art a prince of God among us: bury thy dead in our most holy graves: let no man among us forbid thee that thou bury not thy dead in his grave.

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

8 And he spake unto them, saying, If it please you that I should bury my dead which is before me, hear me, and pray for me against Ephron the son of Zoar,

9 That he will give me his twofold cave, which he hath at the end of his field; and he will give it me for money, as much as it is worth, among you for an inheritance.

10 For Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth. Then Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham, and the children of Heth listened before all that went in and out of the gate of his city, and said:

11 Nay, my lord, but hear me. I give thee the field, and the cave that is therein; and I give it thee in the sight of the children of my people, to bury thy dead.

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

13 And he spake unto Ephron, and the people of the land hearkened unto him, saying, If thou wilt let me have him, I pray thee, take of me the money of the field which I give thee, and I will bury my dead there.

14 And Ephron answered Abraham, and said unto him: 15, My lord, hear me! The field is worth four hundred shekels of silver: but what is that between me and thee? Only bury thy dead.

16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron, and weighed unto him the money, which he had said that the children of Heth heard, even four hundred shekels of silver, which was common in buying.

17 So Ephron's field, wherein is the twofold cave, over against Mamre, was confirmed unto Abraham for his own possession, with the cave therein, and with all the trees that are in the field round about,

18 And the children of Heth looked on, and all that went in and out of the gate of his city.

19 And afterward Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field, which is twofold, over against Mamre, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan.

20 And the field was confirmed, and the cave that was therein, unto Abraham for an inheritance from the children of Heth.