23And Sarah lived^a one hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. ²And 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. ³And Abraham rose up from his dead, and he spoke to the Hittites^b and said, ⁴“I am a stranger and an alien among you; give to me my own burial site^c among you so that I may bury my dead from before me.” ⁵And the Hittites^d answered Abraham and said to him, ⁶“Hear us, my lord, you are a mighty prince^e in our midst. Bury your dead in the choicest of our burial sites. None of us will withhold his burial site^f from you for burying your dead.” ⁷And Abraham rose up and bowed to the people of the land, to the Hittites.^g ⁸And he spoke with them, saying, “If you are willing^h that I bury my dead from before me, hear me and intercede for me with Ephron the son of Zohar, ⁹that he may sellⁱ to me the cave of Machpelah which belongs to him,^j which is at the end of his field. At full value let him sell^k it to me in your midst as a burial site.”^l ¹⁰Now Ephron was sitting among the Hittites.^m And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the Hittitesⁿ with respect to all who were entering the gate of his city, and said, ¹¹“No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field and the cave which is in it, I also give it to you in the sight of the children of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead.” ¹²And Abraham bowed before the people of the land. ¹³And he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, “If only you will hear me^o—I give the price of the field. Take it from me that I may bury my dead there.” ¹⁴And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, ¹⁵“My lord, hear me. A piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver—what is that between me and you? Bury your dead.” ¹⁶Then Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham weighed for Ephron the silver that he had named^p in the hearing of the Hittites:^q four hundred shekels of silver at the merchants’ current rate.^r ¹⁷So the field of Ephron which was in the Machpelah, which was near Mamre—the field and the cave which was in it, with all the trees that were in the field, which were within all its surrounding boundaries—passed^s ¹⁸to Abraham as a property in the presence of the Hittites,^t with respect to all who were entering the gate of his city. ¹⁹And thus afterward Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah near Mamre; that is Hebron, in the land of Canaan. ²⁰And the field and the cave which was in it passed^u to Abraham as a burial site^v from the Hittites.^w

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Footnotes

aLiterally “the lives of Sarah were”
bOr “sons of Heth”
cLiterally “ownership of a grave”
dOr “sons of Heth”
eOr “prince of God”
fLiterally “will withhold from himself his burial site
gOr “sons of Heth”
hLiterally “if there is with your inner selves / souls”
iOr “give”
jLiterally “which is to him”
kOr “give”
lLiterally “ownership of a grave”
mOr “sons of Heth”
nOr “sons of Heth”
oLiterally “Only if you perhaps hear me”
pOr “spoken”
qOr “sons of Heth”
rLiterally “passing to the merchant”
sLiterally “went up”
tOr “sons of Heth”
uLiterally “went up”
vLiterally “ownership of a grave”
wOr “sons of Heth”