VIN(i)
1 And Sara lived a hundred and twenty-seven years.
2 Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
3 Abraham left the side of his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites.
4 I am a stranger and sojourner among you: give me the right of a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead.
5 The Hittites answered Abraham:
6 "Listen to us, my lord. You are a mighty leader among us. Bury your dead in one of our best tombs. Not one of us will withhold from you his tomb for burying your dead."
7 And Abraham rose up and bowed to the people of the land, to the Hittites.
8 He said: »If you are willing to let me bury my wife here, please ask Ephron son of Zohar
9 that he may sell to me the cave of Machpelah which belongs to him, which is at the end of his field. At full value let him sell it to me in your midst as a burial site."
10 Now Ephron dwelt in the midst of the children of Heth. And Ephron made answer to Abraham in the hearing of all that went in at the gate of the city, saying:
11 "No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the children of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead."
12 And Abraham bowed down before the people of the land;
13 And he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, "If only you will hear me—I give the price of the field. Take it from me that I may bury my dead there."
14 Ephron answered Abraham:
15 My lord, hear me; the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that between me and you? And bury your dead.
16 Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants’ standard.
17 So Ephron's field at Machpelah near Mamre, with the hollow in the rock and all the trees in the field and round it,
18 to Abraham as a property in the presence of the Hittites, with respect to all who were entering the gate of his city.
19 And after this Abraham buried his wife Sarah at the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre; it is Hebron, in the land of Canaan.
20 And the field and the cave which was in it passed to Abraham as a burial site from the Hittites.