Chapter 23 - Chapter 23

And Sara lived a hundred and twenty-sevenyears.2 And she died in the city of Arbee which isHebron, in the land of Chanaan: and Abrahamcame to mourn and weep for her.Book of Genesis 273 And after he rose up from the funeral obsequies, he spoke to the children of Heth, saying:4 I am a stranger and sojourner among you:give me the right of a burying place with you,that I may bury my dead.5 The children of Heth answered, saying:6 My lord, hear us, thou art a prince of Godamong us: bury thy dead in our principal sepulchres: and no man shall have power to hinderthee from burying thy dead in his sepulchre.7 Abraham rose up, and bowed down to thepeople of the land, to wit, the children of Heth:8 And said to them: If it please your soul thatI should bury my dead, hear me, and intercedefor me to Ephron the son of Seor.9 That he may give me the double cave, whichhe hath in the end of his field: For as muchmoney as it is worth he shall give it me beforeyou, for a possession of a burying place.10 Now Ephron dwelt in the midst of thechildren of Heth. And Ephron made answer toAbraham in the hearing of all that went in atthe gate of the city, saying:11 Let it not be so, my lord, but do thourather hearken to what I say: The field I deliver to thee, and the cave that is therein; in thepresence of the children of my people, bury thydead.12 Abraham bowed down before the people ofthe land.13 And he spoke to Ephron, in the presenceof the people: I beseech thee to hear me: I willgive money for the field; take it, and so will Ibury my dead in it.14 And Ephron answered:15 My lord, hear me. The ground which thoudesirest, is worth four hundred sicles of silver:this is the price between me and thee: but whatis this? bury thy dead.16 And when Abraham had heard this, heweighed out the money that Ephron had asked,in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred sicles of silver, of common current money.17 And the field that before was Ephron's,wherein was the double cave, looking towardsMambre, both it and the cave, and all the treesthereof, in all its limits round about,18 Was made sure to Abraham for a possession, in the sight of the children of Heth, and ofall that went in at the gate of his city.19 And so Abraham buried Sara, his wife, inthe double cave of the field, that looked towardsMambre, this is Hebron in the land of Chanaan.20 And the field was made sure to Abraham,and the cave that was in it, for a possession tobury in, by the children of Heth.