1 N ow Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.

And the life of Sarah was a hundred and twenty-seven years: the years of the life of Sarah.

2 S arah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan; and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

And Sarah died in Kirjath-Arba: that is Hebron, in the land of Canaan. And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

3 T hen Abraham rose from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,

And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,

4 “ I am a stranger and a sojourner among you; give me a burial site among you that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”

I am a stranger and a sojourner with you; give me a possession of a sepulchre with you, that I may bury my dead from before me.

5 T he sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

6 “ Hear us, my lord, you are a mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our graves; none of us will refuse you his grave for burying your dead.”

Hear us, my lord: thou art a prince of God among us: in the choicest of our sepulchres bury thy dead: none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre for burying thy dead.

7 S o Abraham rose and bowed to the people of the land, the sons of Heth.

And Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth,

8 A nd he spoke with them, saying, “If it is your wish for me to bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and approach Ephron the son of Zohar for me,

and spoke to them, saying, If it be your will that I should bury my dead from before me, hear me, and entreat for me Ephron the son of Zohar,

9 t hat he may give me the cave of Machpelah which he owns, which is at the end of his field; for the full price let him give it to me in your presence for a burial site.”

that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which is his, which is at the end of his field; for the full money let him give it to me amongst you for a possession of a sepulchre.

10 N ow Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth; even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,

And Ephron was dwelling among the sons of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham, in the ears of the sons of Heth, of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,

11 “ No, my lord, hear me; I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you; bury your dead.”

No, my lord: hear me. The field give I thee; and the cave that is in it, to thee I give it; before the eyes of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.

12 A nd Abraham bowed before the people of the land.

And Abraham bowed down before the people of the land;

13 H e spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, “If you will only please listen to me; I will give the price of the field, accept it from me that I may bury my dead there.”

and he spoke to Ephron, in the ears of the people of the land, saying, But if only thou wouldst listen to me, I give the money for the field: take of me, and I will bury my dead there.

14 T hen Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,

And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,

15 “ My lord, listen to me; a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and you? So bury your dead.”

My lord, hearken to me. A field of four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

16 A braham listened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, commercial standard.

And Abraham hearkened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the money that he had named in the ears of the sons of Heth—four hundred shekels of silver, current with the merchant.

17 S o Ephron’s field, which was in Machpelah, which faced Mamre, the field and cave which was in it, and all the trees which were in the field, that were within all the confines of its border, were deeded over

So the field of Ephron, which was at Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all its borders round about,

18 t o Abraham for a possession in the presence of the sons of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.

were assured to Abraham for a possession before the eyes of the sons of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.

19 A fter this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field at Machpelah facing Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field at Machpelah, opposite to Mamre: that is Hebron, in the land of Canaan.

20 S o the field and the cave that is in it, were deeded over to Abraham for a burial site by the sons of Heth.

And the field and the cave that was in it were assured to Abraham for a possession of a sepulchre by the sons of Heth.