Genesis 23:1-9 ▼

1 When Sarah was an hundreth twentie and seuen yeere olde ( so long liued she).

2 Then Sarah dyed in Kiriath-arba: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan; Abraham came to mourne for Sarah and to weepe for her.

3 Then Abraham rose vp from the sight of his corps, & talked with the Hittites, saying,

4 I am a stranger, & a forreiner among you, giue me a possession of buriall with you, that I may burie my dead out of my sight.

5 Then the Hittites answered Abraham, saying vnto him,

6 Heare vs, my lorde: thou art a prince of God among vs: in the chiefest of our sepulchres bury thy dead: none of vs shall forbid thee his sepulchre, but thou mayest bury thy dead therein.

7 Then Abraham stoode vp, and bowed him selfe before the people of the land of the Hittites.

8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your minde, that I shall bury my dead out of my sight, heare me, and intreate for me to Ephron the sonne of Zohar,

9 That he would giue me ye caue of Machpelah, which he hath in the ende of his field: that he would giue it me for as much money as it is worth, for a possession to bury in among you.