1And the life (chai) of Sarah was a hundred years and twenty years and seven years; these were the years of the life (chai) of Sarah.
2And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba — it is Hebron — in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
3And 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 possession of a burying-place among you, that I may bury my dead from before me."
5And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
6"Hear us, my lord: you are a prince of God in our midst; in the choicest of our graves bury your dead; no man (ish) of us shall withhold from you his grave from burying your dead."
7And Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth.
8And he spoke with them, saying, "If it is with your soul (nephesh) to bury my dead from before me, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
9that he may give me the cave of Machpelah which is his, which is at the end of his field; for full silver let him give it to me in your midst for a possession of a burying-place."
10Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth, of all who entered the gate of his city, saying,
11"No, my lord, hear me: the field I give to you, and the cave that is in it, to you I give it; before the eyes of the sons of my people I give it to you; bury your dead."
12And Abraham bowed down before the people of the land.
13And he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, "Only, if you would — hear me: I give the silver of the field; take it from me, and I will bury my dead there."
14And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
15"My lord, hear me: a land of four hundred shekels of silver, between me and you, what is it? And bury your dead."
16And Abraham hearkened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver which he had spoken in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver passing with the merchant.
17So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre — the field and the cave which was in it, and every tree that was in the field, that was in all its border round about — was made to stand
18to Abraham for a purchase before the eyes of the sons of Heth, among all who entered the gate of his city.
19And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife (ishah) in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre — it is Hebron — in the land of Canaan.
20And the field and the cave that was in it were made to stand to Abraham for a possession of a burying-place from the sons of Heth.