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。

1 And the life of Sarah is a hundred and twenty and seven years -- years of the life of Sarah;2 and Sarah dieth in Kirjath-Arba, which [is] Hebron, in the land of Caanan, and Abraham goeth in to mourn for Sarah, and to bewail her.3 And Abraham riseth up from the presence of his dead, and speaketh unto the sons of Heth, saying,4 `A sojourner and a settler I [am] with you; give to me a possession of a burying-place with you, and I bury my dead from before me.`5 And the sons of Heth answer Abraham, saying to him,6 `Hear us, my lord; a prince of God [art] thou in our midst; in the choice of our burying-places bury thy dead: none of us his burying-place doth withhold from thee, from burying thy dead.`7 And Abraham riseth and boweth himself to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth,8 and he speaketh with them, saying, `If it is your desire to bury my dead from before me, hear me, and meet for me with Ephron, son of Zoar;9 and he giveth to me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which [is] in the extremity of his field; for full money doth he give it to me, in your midst, for a possession of a burying-place.`10 And Ephron is sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth, and Ephron the Hittite answereth Abraham in the ears of the sons of Heth, of all those entering the gate of his city, saying,11 `Nay, my lord, hear me: the field I have given to thee, and the cave that [is] in it, to thee I have given it; before the eyes of the sons of my people I have given it to thee -- bury thy dead.`12 And Abraham boweth himself before the people of the land,13 and speaketh unto Ephron in the ears of the people of the land, saying, `Only -- if thou wouldst hear me -- I have given the money of the field -- accept from me, and I bury my dead there.`14 And Ephron answereth Abraham, saying to him,15 `My lord, hear me: the land -- four hundred shekels of silver; between me and thee, what [is] it? -- thy dead bury.`16 And Abraham hearkeneth unto Ephron, and Abraham weigheth to Ephron the silver which he hath spoken of in the ears of the sons of Heth, four hundred silver shekels, passing with the merchant.17 And established are the field of Ephron, which [is] in Machpelah, which [is] before Mamre, the field and the cave which [is] in it, and all the trees which [are] in the field, which [are] in all its border round about,18 to Abraham by purchase, before the eyes of the sons of Heth, among all entering the gate of his city.19 And after this hath Abraham buried Sarah his wife at the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (which [is] Hebron), in the land of Canaan;20 and established are the field, and the cave which [is] in it, to Abraham for a possession of a burying-place, from the sons of Heth.