1 Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length of Sarah’s life. 2 Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. 3 Abraham rose up from before his dead and spoke to the children of Heth, saying, 4 "I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."
5 The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, 6 "Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb. Bury your dead."
7 Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth. 8 He talked with them, saying, "If you agree that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, 9 that he may sell me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field. For the full price let him sell it to me among you as a possession for a burial place."
10 Now Ephron was sitting in the middle of the children of Heth. Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying, 11 "No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the children of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead."
12 Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land. 13 He spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, "But if you will, please hear me. I will give the price of the field. Take it from me, and I will bury my dead there."
14 Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, 15 "My lord, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver between me and you? Therefore bury your dead."
16 Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants’ standard.
17 So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all of its borders, were deeded 18 to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city. 19 After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan. 20 The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham by the children of Heth as a possession for a burial place.
1 撒拉享寿一百二十七岁， 这是撒拉一生的岁数。
2 撒拉死在迦南地的基列．亚巴， 就是希伯仑； 亚伯拉罕为撒拉哀恸哭号。
3 亚伯拉罕从死者面前起来， 对赫人说：
4 "我是在你们中间寄居的外族人， 求你们在你们中间给我一块坟地作产业， 使我可以埋葬我死了的人， 使她不露在我面前。"
5 赫人回答亚伯拉罕， 说：
6 "我主请听， 你在我们中间是一位尊贵的王子， 你可以在我们最好的坟地里埋葬你死了的人， 我们必没有人阻止你在他的坟地埋葬你死了的人。"
7 于是， 亚伯拉罕起来， 向当地的赫人下拜，
8 对他们说： "你们若有意使我埋葬我死了的人， 使她不露在我的眼前， 就请听我的话， 为我请求琐辖的儿子以弗仑，
9 叫他把他所拥有的， 田头上那麦比拉洞卖给我。他可以按着十足的价银卖给我， 使我在你们中间有产业作坟地。"
10 那时， 以弗仑正坐在赫人中间。于是， 赫人以弗仑就回答亚伯拉罕， 所有来到城门口的赫人都听见他说：
11 "我主， 不要这样， 请听我说， 这块田我送给你， 连其中的洞我也送给你。我在我的族人眼前送给你， 让你可以埋葬你死了的人。"
12 亚伯拉罕就在当地的人面前下拜，
13 然后在当地的人面前对以弗仑说： "请听我说， 如果你愿意， 我必定把地的价银给你， 请你收下吧， 让我可以在那里埋葬我死了的人。"
14 以弗仑回答亚伯拉罕， 对他说：
15 "我主， 请听我说， 一块值四百块（四千五百克）银子的田地， 在你我之间， 算得什么呢？你埋葬你死了的人吧。"
16 亚伯拉罕同意以弗仑说的价银， 就照着他在赫人面前所说的， 拿商人通用的银子， 称了四百块（四千五百克）银子给以弗仑。
17 于是， 以弗仑在麦比拉， 在幔利前面的那块地， 包括那块田和其中的洞， 田中和四周所有的树木，
18 都在赫人眼前， 就是在所有来到城门口的赫人眼前， 归给亚伯拉罕作产业。
19 这事以后， 亚伯拉罕把自己的妻子撒拉埋在迦南地， 幔利前面麦比拉田间的洞里。幔利就是希伯仑。
20 这样， 那块田和田中的洞， 就从赫人归给了亚伯拉罕为产业作坟地。