The Death and Burial of Sarah 1 WBS And Sarah was a hundred and twenty-seven years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. BSB BSB: Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.
2 WBS And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. BSB BSB: She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
3 WBS And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying, BSB BSB: Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,
4 WBS I am a stranger and a sojourner with you; give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. BSB BSB: “I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”
5 WBS And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, BSB BSB: The Hittites replied to Abraham,
6 WBS Hear us, my lord; thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchers bury thy dead: none of us will withhold from thee his sepulcher, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. BSB BSB: “Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”
7 WBS And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth. BSB BSB: Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.
8 WBS And he communed with them, saying, If it is your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, BSB BSB: “If you are willing for me to bury my dead,” he said to them, “listen to me, and approach Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf
9 WBS That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, 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 burying-place among you. BSB BSB: to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site.”
10 WBS And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, of all that entered the gates of his city, saying, BSB BSB: Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,
11 WBS Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I to thee, and the cave that is in it, I give it to thee; in the presence of the sons of my people I give it to thee: bury thy dead. BSB BSB: “No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”
12 WBS And Abraham bowed himself before the people of the land. BSB BSB: Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land
13 WBS And he spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it , I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field: take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. BSB BSB: and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”
14 WBS And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, BSB BSB: Ephron answered Abraham,
15 WBS My lord, hearken to me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. BSB BSB: “Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”
16 WBS And Abraham hearkened 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. BSB BSB: Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
17 WBS And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field and the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure BSB BSB: So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field were deeded over
18 WBS To Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that entered the gate of his city. BSB BSB: to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
19 WBS 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. BSB BSB: After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
20 WBS And the field, and the cave that is in it were made sure to Abraham for a possession of a burying-place, by the sons of Heth. BSB BSB: So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.