1And the life of Sarah was a hundred and twenty-seven years: these were the years of the life of Sarah. 2And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. 3And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children of Heth, saying, 4I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. 5And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, 6Hear us, my lord; you are a prince of God among us: in the choicest of our tombs bury your dead; none of us shall withhold from you his tomb, so that you may bury your dead. 7And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. 8And 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, 9that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field; for the full price let him give it to me in the midst of you for a possession of a burying-place. 10Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying, 11No, my lord, hear me: I give you the field, and the cave that is in it, I give it to you; in the presence of the children of my people I give it to you: bury your dead. 12And Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land. 13And he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, But if you will, please hear me: I will give the price of the field; take it from me, and I will bury my dead there. 14And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, 15My lord, listen to me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and you? bury therefore your dead. 16And Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. 17So 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 within all its border all around, were made over 18to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who 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 (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan. 20And the field, and the cave that is in it, were made over to Abraham for a possession of a burying-place by the children of Heth.