1 The life of Sarah was a hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of Sarah's life.
2 Sarah died in Kiriath-arba, which is Hebron, in the land of Canaan, and Abraham came to lament for Sarah and to weep over her.
3 Then Abraham got up from beside his dead and spoke to the sons of Heth:
4 "I am an alien and a resident among you. Grant me a burial site among you as my own property, so that I may bury my dead and remove her from my sight."
5 The sons of Heth replied to Abraham, saying to him,
6 "Listen to us, my lord. You are a mighty prince in our midst. Bury your dead in the best of our graves; not one of us will refuse you his grave for burying your dead."
7 Abraham rose and bowed low to the people of the land, the sons of Heth,
8 and spoke with them: "If you are willing for me to bury my dead and remove her from my sight, listen to me, and intercede for me with Ephron son of Zohar,
9 that he may give me the cave of Machpelah that he owns, which is at the edge of his field. Let him give it to me for its full price in your presence as a burial site of my own."
10 Ephron was sitting there among the sons of Heth, and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth, of all who entered the gate of his city:
11 "No, my lord, listen to me. I give you the field, and the cave that is in it I give to you; in the presence of my people's sons I give it to you. Bury your dead."
12 Abraham bowed low before the people of the land
13 and said to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, "If only you would listen to me! I am giving the price of the field; take it from me, and let me bury my dead there."
14 Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
15 "My lord, listen to me. Land worth four hundred shekels of silver, between me and you, what is that? Bury your dead."
16 Abraham agreed with Ephron, and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth: four hundred shekels of silver, in silver that passes among merchants.
17 So Ephron's field in Machpelah, facing Mamre, the field and the cave in it, and every tree in the field within all its boundaries round about, was confirmed
18 to Abraham as his purchase in the presence of the sons of Heth, before all who entered the gate of his city.
19 After that Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field of Machpelah facing Mamre, which is Hebron, in the land of Canaan.
20 Thus the field and the cave in it were confirmed to Abraham by the sons of Heth as a burial site of his own.