1Sarah lived for a hundred and twenty-seven years. These were the years of Sarah's life.
2Sarah died in Kirjatharba, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
3Then Abraham stood up from beside his dead wife. He spoke to the sons of Heth and said,
4"I am a stranger and a visitor among you. Give me a burial place of my own among you, so that I may bury my dead out of my sight."
5The children of Heth answered Abraham and said to him,
6"Listen to us, my lord. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. Not one of us will keep his tomb from you, so that you may bury your dead."
7Abraham stood up and bowed low to the people of the land, the children of Heth.
8He talked with them and said, "If you are willing for me to bury my dead out of my sight, then listen to me. Ask Ephron the son of Zohar for me."
9"Ask him to give me the cave of Machpelah, which belongs to him. It is at the end of his field. Let him give it to me for the full price it is worth, as a burial place of my own among you."
10Now Ephron was sitting among the children of Heth. So Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham where the children of Heth could hear, before all who came in at the gate of his city. He said,
11"No, my lord, listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In front of the sons of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead."
12Abraham bowed low before the people of the land.
13He spoke to Ephron where the people of the land could hear. He said, "But if you will give it, please listen to me. I will pay you money for the field. Take it from me, and I will bury my dead there."
14Ephron answered Abraham and said to him,
15"My lord, listen to me. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver. What is that between me and you? So bury your dead."
16Abraham listened to Ephron. He weighed out for Ephron the silver he had named where the sons of Heth could hear: four hundred shekels of silver, at the weight used by merchants.
17So the field of Ephron in Machpelah, which was in front of Mamre, was handed over. The field, the cave that was in it, and all the trees in the field within all its borders were made sure
18to Abraham as his own property, in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who came in at the gate of his city.
19After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah, in front of Mamre, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan.
20So the field, and the cave that is in it, were made sure to Abraham as a burial place of his own by the sons of Heth.