1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old:
2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same
3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
4 I
5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
6 Hear us, my lord: thou
7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land,
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
10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth,
11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that
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
14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land
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
17 And the field of Ephron, which
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
20 And the field, and the cave that