Sarah's death and burial -- Purchase of the field of Ephron.

¹⁾And Sarah was an hundred and twenty-seven and twenty years old:, theseand wereshe died; and thus ended the years of the life of Sarah.

²⁾And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is now called Hebron, in the land of Canaan: and.

³⁾And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her, his wife which was dead.

³⁴⁾And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, 4) I am a stranger and a sojourner with you:; give me a possession of a buryingplaceburying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

⁵⁾And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, 6) Hear us, my lord:; thou art a mighty prince among us:; in the choicechoicest of our sepulchressepulchers bury thou thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchresepulcher, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

⁷⁶⁾And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, evenand to the children of Heth. 8)And; and he communed with them, saying,

⁷⁾If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight;, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar for me, 9)That that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for

⁸⁾For, as much money as it is worth he shall have, if he will give it me for a possession of a buryingplaceburying-place amongstamong you.

¹⁰⁹⁾And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and.

¹⁰⁾And Ephron, the Hittite, answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, evenamong all of allthem that went in at the gategates of histhe city, saying,

¹¹⁾NayHearken, my lord, and hear me:; the field I give I thee, and the cave that is therein,; I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people; and I give I it thee:; therefore, bury thy dead.

¹²⁾And Abraham bowed himself down himself before the people of the land. 13)And, and 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:;

¹³⁾If thou wilt take it of me, I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there, but I will give thee money for it.

¹⁴⁾And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, 15) My lord, hearken unto me:; the land isthou worthshalt have for four hundred shekels of silver; what isshall that be betwixt me and thee? buryBury therefore thy dead.

¹⁶¹⁵⁾And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed tounto Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, which was current money with the merchant.

¹⁷¹⁶⁾And 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, and that were in all the borders round about, were made sure 18)Unto unto Abraham for a possession, in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of histhe city.

¹⁹¹⁷⁾And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre:; the same is called Hebron, in the land of Canaan.

²⁰¹⁸⁾And the field, and the cave that iswas therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplaceburying-place by the sons of Heth.