23Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old.H8283H3967H8141H7651H8141H6242H8141H2416H8141H2416H82832She died at Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her.H8283H4191H7153H2275H776H3667H85H935H5594H8283H10583Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites. He said,H85H6965H6440H4191H1696H1121H2845H5594"I am an alien and a stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead."H1616H8453H5414H272H6913H6912H4191H64405The Hittites replied to Abraham,H1121H2845H6030H85H5596"Sir, listen to us. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb for burying your dead."H8085H113H430H5387H8432H4005H6913H6912H4191H3808H376H3607H6913H6912H41917Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.H85H6965H7812H5971H776H1121H28458He said to them, "If you are willing to let me bury my dead, then listen to me and intercede with Ephron son of Zohar on my behalfH1696H559H3426H5315H6912H4191H6440H8085H6293H6085H1121H67149so he will sell me the cave of Machpelah, which belongs to him and is at the end of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for the full price as a burial site among you."H5414H4631H4375H7097H7704H4392H3701H4392H5414H272H6913H843210Ephron the Hittite was sitting among his people and he replied to Abraham in the hearing of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.H6085H3427H8432H1121H2845H6085H2850H6030H85H241H1121H2845H935H8179H5892H55911"No, my lord," he said. "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."H3808H113H8085H7704H5414H4631H5414H5869H1121H5971H5414H6912H419112Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the landH85H7812H6440H5971H77613and he said to Ephron in their hearing, "Listen to me, if you will. I will pay the price of the field. Accept it from me so I can bury my dead there."H1696H6085H241H5971H776H559H3863H8085H5414H3701H7704H3947H6912H419114Ephron answered Abraham,H6085H6030H85H55915"Listen to me, my lord; the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between me and you? Bury your dead."H113H8085H776H702H3967H8255H3701H996H6912H419116Abraham 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 weight current among the merchants.H85H8085H6085H85H8254H6085H3701H1696H241H1121H2845H702H3967H8255H3701H5674H550317So Ephron's field in Machpelah near Mamre--both the field and the cave in it, and all the trees within the borders of the field--was deededH7704H6085H4375H6440H4471H7704H4631H6086H7704H1366H5439H696518to Abraham as his property in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of the city.H85H4736H5869H1121H2845H935H8179H589219Afterward Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre (which is at Hebron) in the land of Canaan.H310H3651H85H6912H8283H802H4631H7704H4375H6440H4471H2275H776H366720So the field and the cave in it were deeded to Abraham by the Hittites as a burial site.H7704H4631H6965H85H272H6913H1121H2845
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