| Holman Christian Standard Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Now Sarah lived 127 years; these were all the years of her life. | 1Now Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. |
| 2Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. | 2Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan; and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. |
| 3Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites:" | 3Then Abraham rose from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying, |
| 4I am a foreign resident among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead." | 4"I am a stranger and a sojourner among you; give me a burial site among you that I may bury my dead out of my sight." |
| 5The Hittites replied to Abraham," | 5The sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, |
| 6Listen to us, lord. You are God's chosen one among us. Bury your dead in our finest burial place. None of us will withhold from you his burial place for burying your dead." | 6"Hear us, my lord, you are a mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our graves; none of us will refuse you his grave for burying your dead." |
| 7Then Abraham rose and bowed down to the Hittites, the people of the land. | 7So Abraham rose and bowed to the people of the land, the sons of Heth. |
| 8He said to them, "If you are willing for me to bury my dead, listen to me and ask Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf | 8And he spoke with them, saying, "If it is your wish for me to bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and approach Ephron the son of Zohar for me, |
| 9to give me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him give it to me in your presence, for the full price, as a burial place." | 9that he may give me the cave of Machpelah which he owns, which is at the end of his field; for the full price let him give it to me in your presence for a burial site." |
| 10Ephron was sitting among the Hittites. So in the presence of all the Hittites who came to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham: " | 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, |
| 11No, my lord. 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." | 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 sons of my people I give it to you; bury your dead." |
| 12Abraham bowed down to the people of the land | 12And Abraham bowed before the people of the land. |
| 13and said to Ephron in the presence of the people of the land, "Please listen to me. Let me pay the price of the field. Accept it from me, and let me bury my dead there." | 13He spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, "If you will only please listen to me; I will give the price of the field, accept it from me that I may bury my dead there." |
| 14Ephron answered Abraham and said to him, " | 14Then Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, |
| 15My lord, listen to me. Land worth 400 shekels of silver--what is that between you and me? Bury your dead." | 15"My lord, listen to me; a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and you? So bury your dead." |
| 16Abraham agreed with Ephron, and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver that he had agreed to in the presence of the Hittites: 400 shekels of silver at the current commercial rate. | 16Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, commercial standard. |
| 17So Ephron's field at Machpelah near Mamre--the field with its cave and all the trees anywhere within the boundaries of the field--became | 17So Ephron's field, which was in Machpelah, which faced Mamre, the field and cave which was in it, and all the trees which were in the field, that were within all the confines of its border, were deeded over |
| 18Abraham's possession in the presence of all the Hittites who came to the gate of his city. | 18to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the sons of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city. |
| 19After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. | 19After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field at Machpelah facing Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. |
| 20The field with its cave passed from the Hittites to Abraham as a burial place. | 20So the field and the cave that is in it, were deeded over to Abraham for a burial site by the sons of Heth. |
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