1And the life of Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years : these were the years of the life of Sarah . 2And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba ( the same is Hebron ), in the land of Canaan : and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah , and to weep for her .
Abraham's Negotiation for a Burial Site
3And Abraham rose up from before his dead , and spake unto the children of Heth , saying , 4I am a stranger and a sojourner with you : give me a possession of a burying-place with you , that I may bury my dead out of my sight . 5And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him , 6Hear us , my lord; thou art a prince of God 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 . 7And Abraham rose up , and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth . 8And he communed with them , saying , If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight , hear me , and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar , 9that he may give me the cave of Machpelah , which he hath , which is in the end of his field ; for the full price let him give it to me in the midst of you for a possession of a burying-place. 10Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of 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, 11Nay , my lord, hear me : the field give I thee , and the cave that is therein, I give it thee ; in the presence of the children of my people give I it thee : bury thy dead . 12And Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land . 13And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land , saying , But if thou wilt, I pray thee , hear me : I will give the price of the field ; take it of me , and I will bury my dead there . 14And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him , 15My lord, hearken unto me : a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver , what is that betwixt me and thee ? bury therefore thy dead . 16And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron ; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the children of Heth , four hundred shekels of silver , current money with the merchant .
The Purchase of the Cave of Machpelah
17So 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 border thereof round about , were made sure 18unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth , before all that went in at the gate of his city . 19And 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 . 20And the field , and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying-place by the children of Heth .