Genesis 23:1–9

1  And the life of Sarah was a hundred and twenty-seven years: these were the years of the life of Sarah. 2  And Sarah died in Kirjath-Arba: that is Hebron, in the land of Canaan. And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

3  And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying, 4  I am a stranger and a sojourner with you; give me a possession of a sepulchre with you, that I may bury my dead from before me. 5  And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, 6  Hear us, my lord: thou art a prince of God among us: in the choicest of our sepulchres bury thy dead: none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre for burying thy dead. 7  And Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth, 8  and spoke to them, saying, If it be your will that I should bury my dead from before me, hear me, and entreat for me Ephron the son of Zohar, 9  that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which is his, which is at the end of his field; for the full money let him give it to me amongst you for a possession of a sepulchre.