Genesis 23:1-10 ▼

1 Now Sarah lived 127 years; these were all the years of her life.

2 Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron ) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

3 When Abraham got up from beside his dead wife, he spoke to the Hethites:

4 “I am an alien residing among you. Give me burial property among you so that I can bury my dead.”

5 The Hethites replied to Abraham,

6 “Listen to us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in our finest burial place. None of us will withhold from you his burial place for burying your dead.”

7 Then Abraham rose and bowed down to the Hethites, the people of the land.

8 He said to them, “If you are willing for me to bury my dead, listen to me and ask Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf

9 to give me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him give it to me in your presence, for the full price, as burial property.”

10 Ephron was sitting among the Hethites. So in the hearing of all the Hethites who came to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hethite answered Abraham: