23:1 And Sarah was an hundred and twenty and seven years old: [these were] the years of the life of Sarah.
23:2 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.
23:3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
23:4 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.
23:5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
23:6 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.
23:7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth.
23:8 And he spoke with them, saying, If it is your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and entreat 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 buryingplace among you.
23:10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the presence of the children of Heth, of all that entered the gates of his city, saying,
23:11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I to thee, and the cave that [is] in it I give it to thee; in the presence of the sons of my people I give it to thee: bury thy dead.
23:12 And Abraham bowed himself before the people of the land.
23:13 And he spoke to Ephron in the presence 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 to him,
23:15 My lord, hearken to me: the land [is worth] four hundred shekels of silver; what [is] that between me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
23:16 And Abraham hearkened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the presence 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] in it, and all the trees that [were] in the field, that [were] in all the surrounding borders, were made sure
23:18 To Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that entered 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] in it, were made sure to Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.