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| 1Sarah lived for 127 years. That's how long Sarah's life was. | 1Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old. |
| 2She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, in Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. | 2She died at Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her. |
| 3Then Abraham stood up from beside his dead wife and addressed the Hittites. He said, | 3Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites. He said, |
| 4"I am an alien and an outsider among you. Give me a cemetery among you where I can bury my dead away from my presence." | 4"I am a foreigner and stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead." |
| 5The Hittites responded to Abraham, | 5The Hittites replied to Abraham, |
| 6"Listen to us, sir. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our burial tombs. None of us would refuse you his tomb for burying your dead." | 6"Sir, listen to us. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb for burying your dead." |
| 7Abraham rose and bowed before the Hittites, the people of the land, | 7Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites. |
| 8and addressed them, "If you are willing that I should bury my dead out of my sight, listen to me and make a request of Zohar's son Ephron on my behalf. | 8He said to them, "If you are willing to let me bury my dead, then listen to me and intercede with Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf |
| 9Give me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him, at the end of his field. He should sell it to me in your presence at full price for a burial site." | 9so he will sell me the cave of Machpelah, which belongs to him and is at the end of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for the full price as a burial site among you." |
| 10Now since Ephron the Hittite had taken a seat there among the Hittites, he responded publicly to Abraham where the Hittites and everyone who was entering the gate of his city could hear him: | 10Ephron the Hittite was sitting among his people and he replied to Abraham in the hearing of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city. |
| 11"No, sir. Listen to me! I'll give you the field, and I'll give you the cave that's in it. I give it to you publicly, in the sight of my people. Bury your dead." | 11"No, my lord," he said. "Listen to me; I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead." |
| 12Abraham bowed before the people of the land | 12Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land |
| 13and then addressed Ephron so all the people of the land could hear him: "Please listen to me! I'm willing to pay the price of the field. Accept it from me, so I may bury my dead there." | 13and he said to Ephron in their hearing, "Listen to me, if you will. I will pay the price of the field. Accept it from me so I can bury my dead there." |
| 14So Ephron answered Abraham, | 14Ephron answered Abraham, |
| 15"Sir, listen to me! The land is worth 400 shekels of silver, but what's that between us? You may bury your dead." | 15"Listen to me, my lord; the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead." |
| 16Abraham agreed with Ephron, so he weighed out to Ephron the money to which he had agreed publicly while the Hittites were listening: 400 shekels of silver at the current merchant rate. | 16Abraham agreed to Ephron's terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weight current among the merchants. |
| 17That's how Ephron's field in Machpelah, east of Mamre—the field, the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were within the boundaries of the field—came to be deeded | 17So Ephron's field in Machpelah near Mamre--both the field and the cave in it, and all the trees within the borders of the field--was deeded |
| 18to Abraham in the presence of all the Hittites and everyone who was entering the city gate. | 18to Abraham as his property in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of the city. |
| 19After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave at the field of Machpelah, east of Mamre (that is, in Hebron) in the land of Canaan. | 19Afterward Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre (which is at Hebron) in the land of Canaan. |
| 20And so the field with its cave was deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site. | 20So the field and the cave in it were deeded to Abraham by the Hittites as a burial site. |
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