23Genesis 23

1And Sarah was a hundred and twenty-seven years old: [these were] the years of the life of Sarah.Select Genesis 23:1

2And Sarah 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.Select Genesis 23:2

3And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,Select Genesis 23:3

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.Select Genesis 23:4

5And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,Select Genesis 23:5

6Hear us, my lord; thou [art] a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchers bury thy dead: none of us will withhold from thee his sepulcher, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.Select Genesis 23:6

7And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth.Select Genesis 23:7

8And he communed 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,Select Genesis 23:8

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 burying-place among you.Select Genesis 23:9

10And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, of all that entered the gates of his city, saying,Select Genesis 23:10

11Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I to thee, and the cave that [is] in it, I give it to thee; in the presence of the sons of my people I give it to thee: bury thy dead.Select Genesis 23:11

12And Abraham bowed himself before the people of the land.Select Genesis 23:12

13And he spoke to 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.Select Genesis 23:13

14And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,Select Genesis 23:14

15My lord, hearken to me: the land [is worth] four hundred shekels of silver; what [is] that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.Select Genesis 23:15

16And Abraham hearkened to 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.Select Genesis 23:16

17And 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] in all the borders round about, were made sureSelect Genesis 23:17

18To Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that entered the gate of his city.Select Genesis 23:18

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.Select Genesis 23:19

20And the field, and the cave that [is] in it were made sure to Abraham for a possession of a burying-place, by the sons of Heth.Select Genesis 23:20