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¹ And the life of Sarah came to be, a hundred and twenty-seven years, - the years of the life of Sarah.² And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba, the same, is Hebron in the land of Canaan, - and Abraham went in to wail for Sarah and to weep for her.

³ And Abraham rose up from over the face of his dead, - and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying;⁴ A sojourner and settler, am I with you, - Give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, That I may bury my dead, from before me.⁵ And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him:⁶ Hear us, my lord! A prince of God, art thou in our midst, In the choice of our buryingplaces, bury thy dead, - Not, a man from among us his, burying-place, will withhold from thee, from burying thy dead.⁷ And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself down to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth;⁸ and spake with them, saying, - If it is with the consent of your minds that I should bury my dead from before me, hear me, and intercede for me, with Ephron son of Zohar:⁹ That he would give me, the cave of Machpelah, which pertaineth unto him, which is within the bounds of his field, - For full silver, let him give it me in your midst, For a possession of a buryingplace.¹⁰ Now, Ephron, was sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth, - so Ephron the Hittite responded to Abraham, in the ears of the sons of Heth, even all that were entering the gate of his city, saying:¹¹ Nay, my lord, hear me, The field, have I given to thee And, the cave that is therein, to thee, have I given it, - In the eyes of the sons of my people, have I given it thee Bury thy dead.¹² So Abraham boweth himself down, before the people of the land:¹³ and spake unto Ephron in the ears of the people of the land saying, Only if, thou, wouldst, hear me, - I have given the silver of the field Take it of me, That I may bury my dead here.¹⁴ And Ephron responded to Abraham, saying to him,¹⁵ My lord, hear me, - Land worth four hundred shekels of silver - betwixt me and thee, what is that? And thy dead., bur. thou.

¹⁶ And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron, and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver of which he had spoken in the ears of the sons of Heth, - four hundred shekels of silver, current with the merchant,¹⁷ So was con-firmed the field of Ephron, which is in Machpelah, which is before Mamre, - the field and the cave which is therein, and all the timber which was in the field, which was in all the boundary thereof round about,¹⁸ to Abraham as a purchase in the eyes of the sons of Heth, - with all who were entering the gate of his city.¹⁹ And after this, did Abraham bury Sarah his wife, within the cave of the field of Machpelah, over against Mamre, the same, is Hebron, - in the land of Canaan.²⁰ So was confirmed the field with the cave which was therein to Abraham, for a possession of a buryingplace, - from the sons of Heth.