Genesis 23
1 And
Sarah was an
hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the
years of the
life of
Sarah. 2 And
Sarah died in
Kirjatharba; the same is
Hebron in the
land of
Canaan: and
Abraham came to
mourn for
Sarah, and to
weep for her.
3 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
buryingplace 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
choice of our
sepulchres bury thy
dead;
none of us shall
withhold from thee his
sepulchre, but that thou mayest
bury thy
dead.
7 And
Abraham stood
up, and
bowed himself to the
people of the
land, even to the
children of
Heth. 8 And he
communed with them,
saying, If it
be your
mind that I should
bury my
dead out of my
sight; hear me, and
intreat for me to
Ephron the
son of
Zohar, 9 That he may
give me the
cave of
Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the
end of his
field; for as
much money as it is
worth he shall give
it me for a
possession of a
buryingplace amongst
you. 10 And
Ephron dwelt among the
children of
Heth: and
Ephron the
Hittite answered Abraham in the
audience of the
children of
Heth, even of all that went
in at the
gate of his
city, saying,
11 Nay, my
lord, hear
me: the
field give
I thee, and the
cave that is therein, I give
it thee; in the
presence of the
sons of my
people give I it thee:
bury thy
dead.
12 And
Abraham bowed
down himself
before the
people of the
land. 13 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: I will
give thee
money for the
field; take it of me, and I will
bury my
dead there.
14 And
Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him
15 My
lord, hearken unto me: the
land is worth
four hundred shekels of
silver; what is that
betwixt me and thee?
bury therefore thy
dead.
16 And
Abraham hearkened unto
Ephron; and
Abraham weighed to
Ephron the
silver, which he had
named in the
audience of the
sons of
Heth, four hundred shekels of
silver, current money with the
merchant.
17 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, that were in all the
borders round
about, were made
sure 18 Unto
Abraham for a
possession in the
presence of the
children of
Heth, before all that went
in at the
gate of his
city. 19 And
after this, Abraham buried Sarah his
wife in the
cave of the
field of
Machpelah before Mamre: the same is
Hebron in the
land of
Canaan. 20 And the
field, and the
cave that is therein, were made
sure unto
Abraham for a
possession of a
buryingplace by the
sons of
Heth.