Genesis 23:1-4 ▼

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.”