1. Sarah lived to be 127 years old.
2. She died in the city of Kiriath Arba (Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham was very sad and cried for her there.
3. Then he left his dead wife and went to talk to the Hittites. He said,
4. “I am only a foreigner staying in your country. I have no place to bury my wife. Please give me some land so that I can bury her.”
5. The Hittites answered Abraham,
6. “Sir, you are a great leader among us. You can have the best place we have to bury your dead. You can have any of our burying places that you want. None of us will stop you from burying your wife there.”