Genesis 23:1-9 ▼

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 to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

3 Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites :

4 “ I am a foreign resident among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”

5 The Hittites replied to Abraham,

6 “ Listen to us, lord. You are God’s chosen one 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 Hittites , 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 a burial place.”