1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. Compare verse
2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. Compare verse1 commentary
3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying, Compare verse
4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burial plot with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. Compare verse
5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, Compare verse
6 Hear us, my lord: you are a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchers bury your dead; none of us shall withhold from you his sepulcher, but that you may bury your dead. Compare verse2 commentaries
7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. Compare verse
8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, Compare verse
9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a burial plot among you. Compare verse
10 And Ephron dwelled among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, Compare verse
11 No, my lord, hear me: the field give I you, and the cave that is therein, I give it you; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it you: bury your dead. Compare verse
12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. Compare verse
13 And he spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if you will give it, I pray you, hear me: I will give you money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. Compare verse1 commentary
14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, Compare verse
15 My lord, listen to me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that between me and you? bury therefore your dead. Compare verse
16 And Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. Compare verse
17 And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure Compare verse
18 To Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. Compare verse
19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. Compare verse1 commentary
20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure to Abraham for a possession of a burial plot by the sons of Heth. Compare verse2 commentaries