23:1 Sarah went lived 127 years.
23:2 She passed away in Kiriatharba Hebron
in the
Abraham mourned for Sarah
and cried for her.
23:3 Abraham stood before his dead wife
and spoke to the followers of Heth:
23:4 I am a foreigner and traveler
but I am with you.
Please give me some land
to bury my dead wife.
23:5 The followers of Heth
replied to Abraham:
23:6 Hear us dear sir.
You are a mighty prince among us.
In the choicest of our tombs
you may bury your dead.
No one of us will refuse
you a tomb to burying her.
23:7 Then Abraham stood up
and bowed before the people of the land
the followers of Heth.
23:8 He then made an offer and said:
Since you allow me to bury my dead
please hear me and help me ask
Ephron the follower of Zohar
23:9 to sell me the
that he has at the end of his field.
I will pay him full price for this burial site.
23:10 Ephron sat among the followers of Heth.
Ephron the Hittite replied to Abraham:
23:11 No sir please hear me
I will give you the field
and give you the cave that is in it.
I give it to you in the presence of my people.
Bury your dead.
23:12 Again Abraham bowed
before the people of the land.
23:13 Then to Ephron he said:
Please hear me out.
Please accept my paying for the field
so I can bury my dead wife there.
23:14 Ephron replied to Abraham:
23:15 Hear me out sir.
The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver
but what is that between us?
Please bury your dead wife.
23:16 Abraham agreed with Ephron's terms
he weighed out the price
mentioned among the followers of Heth:
four hundred shekels of silver
according to the merchant money weight.
23:17 Thus Ephron's field in Machpelah Mamre
the field and its cave
and all the trees within the field’s borders
became exchanged.
23:18 Abraham received the property
in the presence of the followers of Heth
who came to the town’s gate.
23:19 After that Abraham buried his wife Sarah
in the cave on the
or
23:20 In this manner
the land and its cave
were deeded to Abraham
as a burial site
by the followers of Heth.
