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.
3. Then Aḇraham rose up from beside his dead, and spoke to the sons of Ḥĕth, saying,
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 Ḥĕth answered Aḇraham, saying to him,
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 Aḇraham rose and bowed himself to the people of the land, the sons of Ḥĕth.
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,
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.”
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,