Genesis Chapter 23

Genesis Chapter 23
1 When Sarah was an hundred twenty
and seven year old (so long lived she) 2
Then Sarah died in Kirjath-arba: the
same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah
and to weep for her.
3 Then Abraham rose up from the sight
of his corpse, and talked with the
Hittites, saying,
4 I am a stranger, and a foreigner among
you, give me a possession of burial with
you, that I may bury my dead out of my
sight.
5 Then the Hittites answered Abraham,
saying unto him,
6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a prince of
God among us: in the chiefest of our
sepulchres bury thy dead: none of us
shall forbid thee his sepulchre, but thou
mayest bury thy dead therein.
7 Then Abraham stood up, and bowed
himself before the people of the land of
the Hittites.
8 And he communed with them, saying,
If it be your mind, that I shall bury my
dead out of my sight, hear me, and
entreat for me to Ephron the son of
Zohar, 9 That he would give me the cave
of Machpelah, which he hath in the end
of his field: that he would give it me for
as much money as it is worth, for a
possession to bury in among you.
10 (For Ephron dwelt among the
Hittites) Then Ephron the Hittite
answered Abraham in the audience of all
the Hittites that went in at the gates of his
city, saying,
11 No, my Lord, hear me: the field give I
thee, and the cave, that therein is, I give
it thee: even in the presence of the sons
of my people give I it thee, to bury thy
dead.
12 Then Abraham bowed himself before
the people of the land,
13 And spake unto Ephron in the
audience of the people of the country,
saying, Seeing thou wilt give it, I pray
thee, hear me, I will give the price of the
field: receive it of me, and I will bury
my dead there.
14 Ephron then answered Abraham,
saying unto him,
15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is
worth four hundred shekels of silver:
what is that between me and thee? Bury
therefore thy dead. 16 So Abraham
hearkened unto Ephron, and Abraham
weighed to Ephron the silver, which he
had named, in the audience of the
Hittites, even four hundred silver
shekels of current money among
merchants.
17 So the field of Ephron which was in
Machpelah, and over against Mamre,
even the field and the cave that was
therein, and all the trees that were in the
field, which were in all the borders
round about, was made sure 18 Unto
Abraham for a possession, in the sight of
the Hittites, even of all that went in at the
gates of his city.
19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah
his wife in the cave of the field of
Machpelah over against Mamre: the
same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
20 Thus the field and the cave, that is
therein, was made sure unto Abraham
for a possession of burial by the Hittites.