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[1]WhenSarah was an hundred twenty and seven year old (so long lived she)
[2]ThenSarah died in Kirjath-arba: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
[3]ThenAbraham rose up from the sight of his corpse, and talked with the Hittites, saying,
[4]Iam a stranger, and a foreigner among you, give me a possession of burial with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
[5]Thenthe Hittites answered Abraham, saying unto him,
[6]Hearus, my lord: thou art a prince of God among us: in the chiefest of our sepulchres bury thy dead: none of us shall forbid thee his sepulchre, but thou mayest bury thy dead therein.
[7]ThenAbraham stood up, and bowed himself before the people of the land of the Hittites.
[8]Andhe communed with them, saying, If it be your mind, that I shall bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
[9]Thathe would give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath in the end of his field: that he would give it me for as much money as it is worth, for a possession to bury in among you.
[10](ForEphron dwelt among the Hittites) Then Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of all the Hittites that went in at the gates of his city, saying,
[11]No,my Lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave, that therein is, I give it thee: even in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee, to bury thy dead.
[12]ThenAbraham bowed himself before the people of the land,
[13]Andspake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the country, saying, Seeing thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me, I will give the price of the field: receive it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
[14]Ephronthen answered Abraham, saying unto him,
[15]Mylord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver: what is that between me and thee? Bury therefore thy dead.
[16]SoAbraham hearkened unto Ephron, and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named, in the audience of the Hittites, even four hundred silver shekels of current money among merchants.
[17]Sothe field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, and over against Mamre, even the field and the cave that was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, which were in all the borders round about, was made sure
[18]UntoAbraham for a possession, in the sight of the Hittites, even of all that went in at the gates of his city.
[19]Andafter this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah over against Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
[20]Thusthe field and the cave, that is therein, was made sure unto Abraham for a possession of burial by the Hittites.
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