Genesis 23 Now the life of Sarah was a hundred and twenty seven years.

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Now the life of Sarah was a hundred and twenty seven years. ² And Sarah died in the city Arbok, which is in the vale, the same is Chebron in the land of Chanaan. And Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to make lamentation. ³ And Abraham arose from before his dead and spoke to the children of Chet, saying, ⁴ I am a stranger and sojourner among you, give me therefore the possession of a burying place among you, that I may bury my dead from before me. ⁵ And the children of Chet answered and said to Abraham, ⁶ Nay, Sir, rather hearken to us. Thou art a king from God among us. In the choice of our tombs bury thy dead; for there is none of us who will deny thee his tomb to bury there thy dead. ⁷ Then Abraham standing up made obeisance to the people of the land; the children of Chet. ⁸ And Abraham spoke to them saying, If it be your wish that I should bury this my dead out of my sight, hearken to me and speak for me to Ephron the son of Saar. ⁹ And let him give me the double cave which belongeth to him; that which is in a part of his field. Let him give it to me for the full value of it, among you, for a possession of a burying place. ¹⁰ Now Ephron was sitting among the children of Chet; And Ephron the Chettite answered Abraham and said in the hearing of the children of Chet and of all coming into the city, ¹¹ Attend, Sir, and hearken to me. The field and the cave which is in it I give thee. In the presence of my fellow citizens I have given them to thee. Bury thy dead. ¹² And when Abraham had made obeisance before all the people of the land, ¹³ he said to Ephron in the hearing of all the people of the land, As thou art here before me, hearken to me. Take of me in silver the value of the field and I will bury my dead there. ¹⁴ Whereupon Ephron answered Abraham, saying, ¹⁵ Nay, Sir, I have indeed heard that the land is worth four hundred didrachms of silver; but what can that be between me and thee? But bury thou thy dead. ¹⁶ And Abraham hearkened to Ephron; and Abraham paid down to Ephron the money which he mentioned in the hearing of the children of Chet, four hundred didrachms of silver current among merchants. ¹⁷ So the field of Ephron including the double cave which is situate before Mambre, the field and the cave in it and all the wood in the field and all within the bounds thereof round about were conveyed ¹⁸ to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Chet and of all who entered the city. ¹⁹ After this Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the double cave of the field which is over against Mambre [the same is Chebron in the land of Chanaan. ²⁰ And the property of the field and the cave in it was confirmed to Abraham for a possession of a burying place by the children of Chet.