1And the life of Sarah came to be, a hundred and twenty-seven years,the years of the life of Sarah. 2And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba, the same, is Hebron in the land of Canaan,and Abraham went in to wail for Sarah and to weep for her. 3And Abraham rose up from over the face of his dead,and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying; 4A sojourner and settler, am I with you,Give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, That I may bury my dead, from before me. 5And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him: 6Hear us, my lord! A prince of God, art thou in our midst, In the choice of our buryingplaces, bury thy dead,Not, a man from among us his, burying-place, will withhold from thee, from burying thy dead. 7And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself down to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth; 8and spake with them, saying,If it is with the consent of your minds that I should bury my dead from before me, hear me, and intercede for me, with Ephron son of Zohar: 9That he would give me, the cave of Machpelah, which pertaineth unto him, which is within the bounds of his field,For full silver, let him give it me in your midst, For a possession of a buryingplace. 10Now, Ephron, was sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth,so Ephron the Hittite responded to Abraham, in the ears of the sons of Heth, even all that were entering the gate of his city, saying: 11Nay, my lord, hear me, The field, have I given to thee And, the cave that is therein, to thee, have I given it,In the eyes of the sons of my people, have I given it thee Bury thy dead. 12So Abraham boweth himself down, before the people of the land: 13and spake unto Ephron in the ears of the people of the land saying, Only if, thou, wouldst, hear me,I have given the silver of the field Take it of me, That I may bury my dead here. 14And Ephron responded to Abraham, saying to him, 15My lord, hear me,Land worth four hundred shekels of silverbetwixt me and thee, what is that? And thy dead., bur. thou. 16And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron, and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver of which he had spoken in the ears of the sons of Heth,four hundred shekels of silver, current with the merchant, 17So was con-firmed the field of Ephron, which is in Machpelah, which is before Mamre,the field and the cave which is therein, and all the timber which was in the field, which was in all the boundary thereof round about, 18to Abraham as a purchase in the eyes of the sons of Heth,with all who were entering the gate of his city. 19And after this, did Abraham bury Sarah his wife, within the cave of the field of Machpelah, over against Mamre, the same, is Hebron,in the land of Canaan. 20So was confirmed the field with the cave which was therein to Abraham, for a possession of a buryingplace,from the sons of Heth.