Genesis 23 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ And Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years, the years of the life of Sarah.

² And Sarah died in Qiryath Arba, that is Ḥ

³ Then Aḇ

⁴ “I am a foreigner and a sojourner among you. Give me property for a burial site among you, so that I bury my dead from my presence.”

⁵ And the sons of Ḥ

⁶ “Hear us, my master: You are a prince of Elohim among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our burial places. None of us withholds from you his burial site, from burying your dead.”

⁷ So Aḇ

⁸ And he spoke with them, saying, “If it is your desire that I bury my dead from my presence, hear me, and approach Ephron son of Tsoḥ

⁹ and let me have the cave of Maḵ

¹⁰ And Ephron dwelt among the sons of Ḥ

¹¹ “No, my master, listen to me! I shall give you the field and the cave that is in it. I shall give it to you in the presence of the sons of my people. I shall give it to you. Bury your dead!”

¹² And Aḇ

¹³ and he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, “If only you would hear me. I shall give the amount of silver for the field, take it from me, and let me bury my dead there.”

¹⁴ And Ephron answered Aḇ

¹⁵ “My master, listen to me! The land is worth four hundred sheqels of silver. What is that between you and me? So bury your dead.”

¹⁶ And Aḇ

¹⁷ Thus the field of Ephron which was in Maḵ

¹⁸ to Aḇ

¹⁹ And after this Aḇ

²⁰ Thus the field and the cave that is in it were deeded to Aḇ