Genesis 23

1And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: {these were} the years of the life of Sarah.● 2And 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.● 3And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,● 4I {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.● 5And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,● 6Hear 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. {a mighty...: Heb. a prince of God}● 7And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, {even} to the children of Heth.● 8And 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,● 9That 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. {as much...: Heb. full money}● 10And 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, {audience: Heb. ears}● 11Nay, 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.● 12And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.● 13And 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.● 14And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,● 15My lord, hearken unto me: the land {is worth} four hundred shekels of silver; what {is} that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.● 16And 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.● 17And 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● 18Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.● 19And 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.● 20And the field, and the cave that {is} therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.●