Genesis 23:1–9

SARAH’S BURIAL

23 Now Sarah lived 127 years; these were all the years of her life. 2 Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebronk) 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.l Give me burial property among you so that I can bury my dead.”H,m

5 The Hethites replied to Abraham,I 6 “Listen to us, my lord. You are a prince of GodJ among us. Bury your dead in our finest burial place.K 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.”