{23:1} And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old:[these were] the years of the life of Sarah.
{23:2} And Sarah died inKirjath-arba; the same [is] Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
{23:3} And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
{23:4} I [am] a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
{23:5} And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
{23:6} Hear us, my lord: thou [art] a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchers bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold
from thee his sepulcher, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
{23:7} And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, [even] to the children of Heth.
{23:8} And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and in treat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
{23:9} 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 urying place amongst you
{23:10} 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,
{23:11} 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.
{23:12} And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
{23:13} 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.
{23:14} And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
{23:15} 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.
{23:16} 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.
{23:17} 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
{23:18} Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
{23:19} 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.
{23:20} And the field, and the cave that[is] therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying place by the sons of Heth.