1. Now Sarah lived for one hundred and twenty-seven years.
2. And she died in the city of Arba, which is Hebron, in the land of Canaan. And Abraham came to mourn and weep for her.
3. And when he had risen up from the funeral duties, he spoke to the sons of Heth, saying:
4. "I am a newcomer and a sojourner among you. Give me the right of a sepulcher among you, so that I may bury my dead."
5. The sons of Heth responded by saying:
6. "Hear us, O lord, you are a leader of God among us. Bury your dead in our chosen sepulchers. And no man shall be able to prohibit you from burying your dead within his memorial."
7. Abraham arose, and he reverenced the people of the land, namely, the sons of Heth.
8. And he said to them: "If it pleases your soul that I should bury my dead, hear me, and intercede on my behalf with Ephron, the son of Zohar,
9. so that he may give me the double cave, which he has at the far end of his field. He may transfer it to me for as much money as it is worth in your sight, for the possession of a sepulcher."