1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Genesis 23

1 The age and death of Sarah. 3 The purchase of Machpelah, 19 where Sarah was buried.

 23:1 Now Sarah 8283 lived 2425b 1961 one hundred 3967 and twenty-seven 6242 7651 years 8141; [these were] the years 8141 of the life 2425b of Sarah 8283.

 23:2 Sarah 8283 died 4191 in Kiriath-arba 7153 (that is, Hebron 2275a) in the land 776 of Canaan 3667a; and Abraham 85 went 935 in to mourn 5594 for Sarah 8283 and to weep 1058 for her.

 23:3 Then Abraham 85 rose 6965 from before 6440 his dead 4191, and spoke 1696 to the sons 1121 of Heth 2845, saying 559,

 23:4 “I am a stranger 1616 and a sojourner 8453 among 5973 you; give 5414 me a burial 6913 site 272 among 5973 you that I may bury 6912 my dead 4191 out of my sight 6440.”

 23:5 The sons 1121 of Heth 2845 answered 6030a Abraham 85, saying 559 to him,

 23:6 “Hear 8085 us, my lord 113, you are a mighty 430 prince 5387a among 8432 us; bury 6912 your dead 4191 in the choicest 4005 of our graves 6913; none 376 3808 of us will refuse 3607 you his grave 6913 for burying 6912 your dead 4191.”

 23:7 So Abraham 85 rose 6965 and bowed 7812 to the people 5971a of the land 776, the sons 1121 of Heth 2845.

 23:8 And he spoke 1696 with them, saying 559, “If 518 it is your wish 5315 [for me] to bury 6912 my dead 4191 out of my sight 6440, hear 8085 me, and approach 6293 Ephron 6085 the son 1121 of Zohar 6714 for me,

 23:9 that he may give 5414 me the cave 4631 of Machpelah 4375 which 834 he owns, which 834 is at the end 7097a of his field 7704; for the full 4392 price 3701 let him give 5414 it to me in your presence 8432 for a burial 6913 site 272.”

 23:10 Now Ephron 6085 was sitting 3427 among 8432 the sons 1121 of Heth 2845; and Ephron 6085 the Hittite 2850 answered 6030a Abraham 85 in the hearing 241 of the sons 1121 of Heth 2845; [even] of all 3605 who went 935 in at the gate 8179 of his city 5892b, saying 559,

 23:11 “No 3808, my lord 113, hear 8085 me; I give 5414 you the field 7704, and I give 5414 you the cave 4631 that is in it. In the presence 5869 of the sons 1121 of my people 5971a I give 5414 it to you; bury 6912 your dead 4191.”

 23:12 And Abraham 85 bowed 7812 before 6440 the people 5971a of the land 776.

 23:13 He spoke 1696 to Ephron 6085 in the hearing 241 of the people 5971a of the land 776, saying 559, “If 518 you will only 389 please 3863 listen 8085 to me; I will give 5414 the price 3701 of the field 7704, accept 3947 [it] from me that I may bury 6912 my dead 4191 there 8033.”

 23:14 Then Ephron 6085 answered 6030a Abraham 85, saying 559 to him,

 23:15 “My lord 113, listen 8085 to me; a piece of land 776 worth four 702 hundred 3967 shekels 8255 of silver 3701, what 4100 is that between 996 me and you? So bury 6912 your dead 4191.”

 23:16 Abraham 85 listened 8085 to Ephron 6085; and Abraham 85 weighed 8254 out for Ephron 6085 the silver 3701 which 834 he had named 1696 in the hearing 241 of the sons 1121 of Heth 2845, four 702 hundred 3967 shekels 8255 of silver 3701, commercial 5503 standard 5674a.

 23:17 ¶ So Ephron’s 6085 field 7704, which 834 was in Machpelah 4375, which 834 faced 6440 Mamre 4471, the field 7704 and cave 4631 which 834 was in it, and all 3605 the trees 6086 which 834 were in the field 7704, that were within all 3605 the confines 5439 of its border 1366, were deeded 6965 over 6965

 23:18 to Abraham 85 for a possession 4736 in the presence 5869 of the sons 1121 of Heth 2845, before all 3605 who went 935 in at the gate 8179 of his city 5892b.

 23:19 After 310 this 3651, Abraham 85 buried 6912 Sarah 8283 his wife 802 in the cave 4631 of the field 7704 at Machpelah 4375 facing 6440 Mamre 4471 (that is, Hebron 2275a) in the land 776 of Canaan 3667a.

 23:20 So the field 7704 and the cave 4631 that is in it, were deeded 6965 over 6965 to Abraham 85 for a burial 6913 site 272 by the sons 1121 of Heth 2845.