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[1] Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length of Sarah’s life. [2] Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. [3] Abraham rose up from before his dead and spoke to the children of Heth, saying, [4] “I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.” [5] The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, [6] “Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb. Bury your dead.” [7] Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth. [8] He talked with them, saying, “If you agree that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, [9] that he may sell me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field. For the full price let him sell it to me among you as a possession for a burial place.” [10] Now Ephron was sitting in the middle of the children of Heth. Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying, [11] “No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the children of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead.” [12] Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land. [13] He spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, “But if you will, please hear me. I will give the price of the field. Take it from me, and I will bury my dead there.” [14] Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, [15] “My lord, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silverⓘ between me and you? Therefore bury your dead.” [16] Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants’ standard. [17] So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all of its borders, were deeded [18] to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city. [19] After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan. [20] The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham by the children of Heth as a possession for a burial place.

Footnotes

  1. A shekel is about 10 grams, so 400 shekels would be about 4 kg. or 8.8 pounds.
King James Version
[1] And SarahH8283 was an hundredH3967 and sevenH7651 and twentyH6242 yearsH8141 old:H2416 [these were] the yearsH8141 of the lifeH2416 of Sarah.H8283 [2] And SarahH8283 diedH4191(QalImpf) in Kirjatharba;H7153 the same [is] HebronH2275 in the landH776 of Canaan:H3667 and AbrahamH85 cameH935(QalImpf) to mournH5594(QalInf) for Sarah,H8283 and to weepH1058(QalInf) for her. [3] And AbrahamH85 stood upH6965(QalImpf) from beforeH6440 his dead,H4191(QalPtc) and spakeH1696(PielImpf) unto the sonsH1121 of Heth,H2845 saying,H559(QalInf) [4] I [am] a strangerH1616 and a sojournerH8453 with you: giveH5414(QalImpv) me a possessionH272 of a buryingplaceH6913 with you, that I may buryH6912(QalImpf) my deadH4191(QalPtc) out of my sight.H6440 [5] And the childrenH1121 of HethH2845 answeredH6030(QalImpf) Abraham,H85 sayingH559(QalInf) unto him, [6] Hear us,H8085(QalImpv) my lord:H113 thou [art] a mightyH430 princeH5387 among us:H8432 in the choiceH4005 of our sepulchresH6913 buryH6912(QalImpv) thy dead;H4191(QalPtc) noneH3808 of us shall withholdH3607(QalImpf) from thee his sepulchre,H6913 but that thou mayest buryH6912(QalInf) thy dead.H4191(QalPtc) [7] And AbrahamH85 stood up,H6965(QalImpf) and bowedH7812(HithImpf) himself to the peopleH5971 of the land,H776 [even] to the childrenH1121 of Heth.H2845 [8] And he communedH1696(PielImpf) with them, saying,H559(QalInf) If it beH3426 your mindH5315 that I should buryH6912(QalInf) my deadH4191(QalPtc) out of my sight;H6440 hearH8085(QalImpv) me, and intreatH6293(QalImpv) for me to EphronH6085 the sonH1121 of Zohar,H6714 [9] That he may giveH5414(QalImpf) me the caveH4631 of Machpelah,H4375 which he hath, which [is] in the endH7097 of his field;H7704 for as muchH4392 moneyH3701 as it is worthH4392 he shall give itH5414(QalImpf) me for a possessionH272 of a buryingplaceH6913 amongst you.H8432 [10] And EphronH6085 dweltH3427(QalActPtc) amongH8432 the childrenH1121 of Heth:H2845 and EphronH6085 the HittiteH2850 answeredH6030(QalImpf) AbrahamH85 in the audienceH241 of the childrenH1121 of Heth,H2845 [even] of all that went inH935(QalActPtc) at the gateH8179 of his city,H5892 saying,H559(QalInf) [11] Nay,H3808 my lord,H113 hear me:H8085(QalImpv) the fieldH7704 give IH5414(QalPerf) thee, and the caveH4631 that [is] therein, I give itH5414(QalPerf) thee; in the presenceH5869 of the sonsH1121 of my peopleH5971 giveH5414(QalPerf) I it thee: buryH6912(QalImpv) thy dead.H4191(QalPtc) [12] And AbrahamH85 bowed downH7812(HithImpf) himself beforeH6440 the peopleH5971 of the land.H776 [13] And he spakeH1696(PielImpf) unto EphronH6085 in the audienceH241 of the peopleH5971 of the land,H776 saying,H559(QalInf) But if thou [wilt give it], I pray thee,H3863 hearH8085(QalImpv) me: I will giveH5414(QalPerf) thee moneyH3701 for the field;H7704 takeH3947(QalImpv) [it] of me, and I will buryH6912(QalImpf) my deadH4191(QalPtc) there. [14] And EphronH6085 answeredH6030(QalImpf) Abraham,H85 sayingH559(QalInf) unto him, [15] My lord,H113 hearkenH8085(QalImpv) unto me: the landH776 [is worth] fourH702 hundredH3967 shekelsH8255 of silver;H3701 what [is] that betwixtH996 me and thee? buryH6912(QalImpv) therefore thy dead.H4191(QalPtc) [16] And AbrahamH85 hearkenedH8085(QalImpf) unto Ephron;H6085 and AbrahamH85 weighedH8254(QalImpf) to EphronH6085 the silver,H3701 which he had namedH1696(PielPerf) in the audienceH241 of the sonsH1121 of Heth,H2845 fourH702 hundredH3967 shekelsH8255 of silver,H3701 currentH5674(QalActPtc) [money] with the merchant.H5503(QalActPtc) [17] And the fieldH7704 of Ephron,H6085 which [was] in Machpelah,H4375 which [was] beforeH6440 Mamre,H4471 the field,H7704 and the caveH4631 which [was] therein, and all the treesH6086 that [were] in the field,H7704 that [were] in all the bordersH1366 round about,H5439 were made sureH6965(QalImpf) [18] Unto AbrahamH85 for a possessionH4736 in the presenceH5869 of the childrenH1121 of Heth,H2845 before all that went inH935(QalActPtc) at the gateH8179 of his city.H5892 [19] And afterH310 this,H3651 AbrahamH85 buriedH6912(QalPerf) SarahH8283 his wifeH802 in the caveH4631 of the fieldH7704 of MachpelahH4375 beforeH6440 Mamre:H4471 the same [is] HebronH2275 in the landH776 of Canaan.H3667 [20] And the field,H7704 and the caveH4631 that [is] therein, were made sureH6965(QalImpf) unto AbrahamH85 for a possessionH272 of a buryingplaceH6913 by the sonsH1121 of Heth.H2845
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