Genesis 23:1-9 ▼

1 Sara was an hundred and .xxvij. yere olde (for so longe lyued she)

2 and than dyed in a heade cyte called Hebron in the londe of Canaan. Than Abraham came to morne Sara and to wepe for her.

3 And Abraham stode vp from the coorse and talked with the sonnes of heth saynge:

4 I am a straunger ad a foryner amonge yow geue me a possession to bury in with you that I may bury my dead oute of my sighte.

5 And the children of heth answered Abraham saynge vnto him:

6 heare vs lorde thou art a prynce of God amonge vs. In the chefest of oure sepulchres bury thy dead: None of vs shall forbydd ye his sepulchre yt thou shuldest not bury thy deade therein.

7 Abraha stode vp and bowed hi selfe before ye people of ye lade ye childre of heth.

8 And he comoned with them saynge: Yf it be youre myndes yt I shall bury my deade oute of my sighte heare me ad speke for me to Ephron the sonne of Zoar:

9 and let him geue me the dubill caue which he hath in the end of his felde for as moch money as it is worth let him geue it me in the presence of you for a possession to bury in.