Genesis 23

1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: [these were] the years of the life of Sarah. KJVSD — Genesis 23:1

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.KJVSD — Genesis 23:2

3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, KJVSD — Genesis 23:3

4 I [am] a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. KJVSD — Genesis 23:4

5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,KJVSD — Genesis 23:5

6 Hear us, my lord: thou [art] a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. KJVSD — Genesis 23:6

7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, [even] to the children of Heth. KJVSD — Genesis 23:7

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 intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, KJVSD — Genesis 23:8

9 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 buryingplace amongst you.KJVSD — Genesis 23:9

10 And Ephron dwelt 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, KJVSD — Genesis 23:10

11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that [is] therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead. KJVSD — Genesis 23:11

12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. KJVSD — Genesis 23:12

13 And he spake unto 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.KJVSD — Genesis 23:13

14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,KJVSD — Genesis 23:14

15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land [is worth] four hundred shekels of silver; what [is] that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. KJVSD — Genesis 23:15

16 And Abraham hearkened unto 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. KJVSD — Genesis 23:16

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 KJVSD — Genesis 23:17

18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. KJVSD — Genesis 23:18

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. KJVSD — Genesis 23:19

20 And the field, and the cave that [is] therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth. KJVSD — Genesis 23:20