¹Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years . This was the length of Sarah ’s life .

²Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron ), in the land of Canaan . Abraham came to mourn for Sarah , and to weep for her .

³Abraham rose up from before his dead and spoke to the children of Heth , saying ,

⁴“I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you . Give me a possession of a burying-place with you , that I may bury my dead out of my sight .”

⁵The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him ,

⁶“Hear us , my lord. You are a prince of God amongst us . Bury your dead in the best of our tombs . None of us will withhold from you his tomb . Bury your dead .”

⁷Abraham rose up , and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth .

⁸He talked with them , saying , “If you agree that I should bury my dead out of my sight , hear me , and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar ,

⁹that he may sell me the cave of Machpelah , which he has , which is in the end of his field . For the full price let him sell it to me amongst you as a possession for a burial place .”

¹⁰Now Ephron was sitting in the middle of the children of Heth . Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth , even of all who 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 children of my people I give it to you . Bury your dead .”

¹²Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land .

¹³He spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land , saying , “But if you will , please hear me . I will give the price of the field . Take it from me , and I will bury my dead there .”

¹⁴Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him ,

¹⁵“My lord, listen to me . What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver between me and you ? Therefore bury your dead .”[#23:15 A shekel is about 10 grams, so 400 shekels would be about 4 kg. or 8.8 pounds.]

¹⁶Abraham listened to Ephron . Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the children of Heth , four hundred shekels of silver , according to the current merchants ’ standard .

¹⁷So the field of Ephron , which was in Machpelah , which was before Mamre , the field , the cave which was in it , and all the trees that were in the field , that were in all of its borders , were deeded

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

¹⁹After this , Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is , Hebron ), in the land of Canaan .

²⁰The field , and the cave that is in it , were deeded to Abraham by the children of Heth as a possession for a burial place .