Genesis 23 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Sarah’s Death and Burial

And [fn]Sarah^H8283 lived^H2416^H1961 127^H3967^H6242^H7651 years^H8141; these were the years^H8141 of the life^H2416 of Sarah^H8283.

Gen 23:2

Gen 23:2Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan; and Abraham [fn]came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

Gen 23:3

Gen 23:3Then Abraham rose from before his dead and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,

Gen 23:4

Gen 23:4“I am a sojourner and a foreign resident among you; give me a possession for a burial site among you that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”

Gen 23:5

Gen 23:5And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

Gen 23:6

Gen 23:6“Hear us, my lord, you are a [fn]mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our burial sites; none of us will refuse you his burial sites for burying your dead.”

Gen 23:7

Gen 23:7So Abraham rose and bowed to the people of the land, the sons of Heth.

Gen 23:8

Gen 23:8And he spoke with them, saying, “If it is your [fn]desire for me to bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and meet with Ephron the son of Zohar for me,

Gen 23:9

Gen 23:9that he may give me the cave of Machpelah which belongs to him, which is at the end of his field; for the full price let him give it to me in [fn]your presence as a possession for a burial site.”

Gen 23:10

Gen 23:10Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,

Gen 23:11

Gen 23:11“No, my lord, hear me; I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the sight of the sons of my people I give it to you; bury your dead.”

Gen 23:12

Gen 23:12And Abraham bowed before the people of the land.

Gen 23:13

Gen 23:13And he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, “If you will only please hear me; I will give the silver for the field, accept it from me that I may bury my dead there.”

Gen 23:14

Gen 23:14Then Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,

Gen 23:15

Gen 23:15“My lord, hear me; a piece of land worth [fn]four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and you? So bury your dead.”

Gen 23:16

Gen 23:16So Abraham heard Ephron; and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver which he had named in the [fn]hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, [fn]commercial standard.

Gen 23:17

So Ephron’s^H6085 field^H7704, which^H834 was in Machpelah^H4375, which^H834 faced^H6440 Mamre^H4471, the field^H7704 and the cave^H4631 which^H834 was in it, and all^H3605 the trees^H6086 which^H834 were in the field^H7704, that were [fn]within all^H3605 the confines^H5439 of its border^H1366, [fn]were deeded^H6965 over^H6965