Genesis 23
23:1And the life of Sarah was a hundred twenty-seven years.
23:2And Sarah died in the city of Arba, which is in the hollow -- this is Hebron in the land of Canaan. And Abraham came to lament Sarah, and to mourn.
23:3And Abraham rose up from his dead. And Abraham said to the sons of Heth, saying,
23:4I am a sojourner and an immigrant among you. Give then to me a possession of a burying-place among you! and I will entomb my dead away from me.
23:5And answered the sons of Heth to Abraham, saying, No, O lord.
23:6But hear us; you are with us as a king by God. You entomb your dead in our choice sepulchres! for not one of us in any way will withhold his sepulchre from you to entomb your dead there.
23:7And rising up, Abraham did obeisance to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth.
23:8And Abraham spoke to them, saying, If you have it in your soul so as to entomb my dead away from my presence, hear me, and speak about me to Ephron, the son of Zohar!
23:9And let him give to me the double cave which is his -- the one being in a part of his field. Let him give it to me for its worth of silver, for a possession of a memorial among you.
23:10And Ephron was sitting down in the midst of the sons of Heth. And responding Ephron the Hittite spoke to Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth, and of all the ones entering into the city, saying,
23:11By me let it be, O lord, and hear me! The field and the cave in it I give to you. Before all of my fellow-countrymen I have given it to you. You entomb your dead.
23:12And Abraham did obeisance before the people of the land.
23:13And he said to Ephron in the ears before the people of the land, Since you are with me hear me! The silver for the field, you take from me! and I will entomb my dead there.
23:14And Ephron answered Abraham, saying,
23:15Not so O lord, for I heard four hundred double-drachmas of silver; but what ever may this be between me and you? But you entomb your dead!
23:16And Abraham hearkened to Ephron. And Abraham restored to Ephron the silver, which he spoke into the ears of the sons of Heth -- four hundred double-drachmas of unadulterated silver of merchants.
23:17And the field which is of Ephron was in Double Cave, which is against the face of Mamre. The field and the cave which was in it, and every tree which was in the field, which is in its borders round about,
23:18came to Abraham for a possession before the sons of Heth, and all the ones entering into the city.
23:19And after these things Abraham entombed Sarah his wife in the cave of the field at Double Cave, which is before Mamre; this is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
23:20And the field was validated, and the cave which was in it to Abraham for a possession of a burying-place from the sons of Heth.