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.