| King James Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. | 1Now Sarah lived 127 years; these were all the years of her life. |
| 2And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came 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 to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. |
| 3And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, | 3Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites:" |
| 4I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. | 4I am a foreign resident among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead." |
| 5And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, | 5The Hittites replied to Abraham," |
| 6Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. | 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." |
| 7And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. | 7Then Abraham rose and bowed down to the Hittites, the people of the land. |
| 8And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, | 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 |
| 9That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you. | 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." |
| 10And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, | 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: " |
| 11Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead. | 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." |
| 12And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. | 12Abraham bowed down to the people of the land |
| 13And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. | 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." |
| 14And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, | 14Ephron answered Abraham and said to him, " |
| 15My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. | 15My lord, listen to me. Land worth 400 shekels of silver--what is that between you and me? Bury your dead." |
| 16And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. | 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. |
| 17And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure | 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 |
| 18Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. | 18Abraham's possession in the presence of all the Hittites who came to the gate of his city. |
| 19And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. | 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. |
| 20And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth. | 20The field with its cave passed from the Hittites to Abraham as a burial place. |
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