Genesis 23 :: New English Translation (NET)

Death and Burial of Sarah

Gen 23:1Sarah lived 127 years.

Gen 23:2Then she died in Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

Gen 23:3

Gen 23:3Then Abraham got up from mourning his dead wife and said to the sons of Heth,

Gen 23:4

Gen 23:4"I am a temporary settler among you. Grant me ownership of a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead."

Gen 23:5

Gen 23:5The sons of Heth answered Abraham,

Gen 23:6

Gen 23:6"Listen, sir, you are a mighty prince among us! You may bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb to prevent you from burying your dead."

Gen 23:7

Gen 23:7Abraham got up and bowed down to the local people, the sons of Heth.

Gen 23:8

Gen 23:8Then he said to them, "If you agree that I may bury my dead, then hear me out. Ask Ephron the son of Zohar

Gen 23:9

Gen 23:9if he will sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me publicly for the full price, so that I may own it as a burial site."

Gen 23:10

Gen 23:10(Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth.) Ephron the Hethite replied to Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth - before all who entered the gate of his city -

Gen 23:11

Gen 23:11"No, my lord! Hear me out. I sell you both the field and the cave that is in it. In the presence of my people I sell it to you. Bury your dead."

Gen 23:12

Gen 23:12Abraham bowed before the local people

Gen 23:13

Gen 23:13and said to Ephron in their hearing, "Hear me, if you will. I pay to you the price of the field. Take it from me so that I may bury my dead there."

Gen 23:14

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

Gen 23:15

Gen 23:15"Hear me, my lord. The land is worth 400 pieces of silver, but what is that between me and you? So bury your dead."

Gen 23:16

Gen 23:16So Abraham agreed to Ephron's price and weighed out for him the price that Ephron had quoted in the hearing of the sons of Heth - 400 pieces of silver, according to the standard measurement at the time.

Gen 23:17

Gen 23:17So Abraham secured Ephron's field in Machpelah, next to Mamre, including the field, the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field and all around its border,

Gen 23:18

Gen 23:18as his property in the presence of the sons of Heth before all who entered the gate of Ephron's city.

Gen 23:19

Gen 23:19After this Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah next to Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

Gen 23:20

Gen 23:20So Abraham secured the field and the cave that was in it as a burial site from the sons of Heth.

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Death and Burial of Sarah

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