BERESHITH (GENESIS) 23

Gen 23:1 And Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years, the years of
the life of Sarah.
Gen 23:2 And Sarah died in Qiryath Arba, that is Ḥeḇron, in the land of
Kena‛an, and Aḇraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
Gen 23:3 Then Aḇraham rose up from beside his dead, and spoke to the sons
of Ḥĕth, saying,
Gen 23:4 “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.”
Gen 23:5 And the sons of Ḥĕth answered Aḇraham, saying to him,
Gen 23:6 “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.”
Gen 23:7 So Aḇraham rose and bowed himself to the people of the land, the
sons of Ḥĕth.
Gen 23:8 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 Tsoḥar for me,
Gen 23:9 and let me have the cave of Maḵpĕlah which he has, which is at
the end of his field. Let him give it to me for the complete amount of silver,
as property for a burial site among you.”
Gen 23:10 And Ephron dwelt among the sons of Ḥĕth. And Ephron the
Ḥittite answered Aḇraham in the hearing of the sons of Ḥĕth, all who entered
at the gate of his city, saying,
Gen 23:11 “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!”
Gen 23:12 And Aḇraham bowed himself down before the people of the land,
Gen 23:13 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.”
Gen 23:14 And Ephron answered Aḇraham, saying to him,
Gen 23:15 “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.”
Gen 23:16 And Aḇraham listened to Ephron, and Aḇraham weighed out the
silver for Ephron which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Ḥĕth, four
hundred sheqels of silver, currency of the merchants.
Gen 23:17 Thus the field of Ephron which was in Maḵpĕlah, which was
before Mamrĕ, the field and the cave which was in it, and all the trees that
were in the field, which were within all the surrounding borders, were
deeded
Gen 23:18 to Aḇraham as a possession in the presence of the sons of Ḥĕth,
before all who went in at the gate of his city.
Gen 23:19 And after this Aḇraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the
field of Maḵpĕlah, before Mamrĕ, that is Ḥeḇron, in the land of Kena‛an.
Gen 23:20 Thus the field and the cave that is in it were deeded to Aḇraham
by the sons of Ḥĕth as property for a burial site.