1 And Sarah was a hundred and twenty seven years old; these were the years of the life of Sarah.

2 And Sarah died in Qiryat-Arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Avraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

3 And Avraham 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 Avraham, saying unto him,

6 “Hear us, my lord (adoni): you are a mighty prince among us; in the choice of our sepulchres bury your dead; none of us shall withhold from you his sepulchre, but that you mayest bury your dead.”

7 And Avraham 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 Avraham 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 (adoni), hear me: the field give I you, and the cave that is therein, I give it you; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it you; bury your dead.”

12 And Avraham 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 you wilt give it, please hear me: I will give you money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.”

14 And Ephron answered Avraham, saying unto him,

15 “My lord (Adoni), hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and you? Bury therefore your dead.”

16 And Avraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Avraham 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 Avraham 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, Avraham 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 Avraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.