23:1 Sarah
lived
127
years;
these
were
the
years
of
the
life
of
Sarah.
23:2 And
Sarah
died
at
Kiriath-arba
(that
is,
Hebron)
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
and
Abraham
went
in
to
mourn
for
Sarah
and
to
weep
for
her.
23:3 And
Abraham
rose
up
from
before
his
dead
and
said
to
the
Hittites,
23:4 "I
am
a
sojourner
and
foreigner
among
you;
give
me
property
among
you
for
a
burying
place,
that
I
may
bury
my
dead
out
of
my
sight."
23:5 The
Hittites
answered
Abraham,
23:6 "Hear
us,
my
lord;
you
are
a
prince
of
God
among
us.
Bury
your
dead
in
the
choicest
of
our
tombs.
None
of
us
will
withhold
from
you
his
tomb
to
hinder
you
from
burying
your
dead."
23:7 Abraham
rose
and
bowed
to
the
Hittites,
the
people
of
the
land.
23:8 And
he
said
to
them,
"If
you
are
willing
that
I
should
bury
my
dead
out
of
my
sight,
hear
me
and
entreat
for
me
Ephron
the
son
of
Zohar,
23:9 that
he
may
give
me
the
cave
of
Machpelah,
which
he
owns;
it
is
at
the
end
of
his
field.
For
the
full
price
let
him
give
it
to
me
in
your
presence
as
property
for
a
burying
place."
23:10 Now
Ephron
was
sitting
among
the
Hittites,
and
Ephron
the
Hittite
answered
Abraham
in
the
hearing
of
the
Hittites,
of
all
who
went
in
at
the
gate
of
his
city,
23:11 "No,
my
lord,
hear
me:
I
give
you
the
field,
and
I
give
you
the
cave
that
is
in
it.
In
the
sight
of
the
sons
of
my
people
I
give
it
to
you.
Bury
your
dead."
23:12 Then
Abraham
bowed
down
before
the
people
of
the
land.
23:13 And
he
said
to
Ephron
in
the
hearing
of
the
people
of
the
land,
"But
if
you
will,
hear
me:
I
give
the
price
of
the
field.
Accept
it
from
me,
that
I
may
bury
my
dead
there."
23:14 Ephron
answered
Abraham,
23:15 "My
lord,
listen
to
me:
a
piece
of
land
worth
four
hundred
shekels
of
silver,
what
is
that
between
you
and
me
Bury
your
dead."
23:16 Abraham
listened
to
Ephron,
and
Abraham
weighed
out
for
Ephron
the
silver
that
he
had
named
in
the
hearing
of
the
Hittites,
four
hundred
shekels
of
silver,
according
to
the
weights
current
among
the
merchants.
23:17 So
the
field
of
Ephron
in
Machpelah,
which
was
to
the
east
of
Mamre,
the
field
with
the
cave
that
was
in
it
and
all
the
trees
that
were
in
the
field,
throughout
its
whole
area,
was
made
over
23:18 to
Abraham
as
a
possession
in
the
presence
of
the
Hittites,
before
all
who
went
in
at
the
gate
of
his
city.
23:19 After
this,
Abraham
buried
Sarah
his
wife
in
the
cave
of
the
field
of
Machpelah
east
of
Mamre
(that
is,
Hebron)
in
the
land
of
Canaan.
23:20 The
field
and
the
cave
that
is
in
it
were
made
over
to
Abraham
as
property
for
a
burying
place
by
the
Hittites.