1 And the life of Sarah was a hundred and twenty-seven years: {these were} the years of the life of Sarah.2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-Arba: that is Hebron, in the land of Canaan. And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.3 And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you; give me a possession of a sepulchre with you, that I may bury my dead from before me.5 And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a prince of God among us: in the choicest of our sepulchres bury thy dead: none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre for burying thy dead.7 And Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth,8 and spoke to them, saying, If it be your will that I should bury my dead from before me, hear me, and entreat for me Ephron the son of Zohar,9 that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which is his, which is at the end of his field; for the full money let him give it to me amongst you for a possession of a sepulchre.10 And Ephron was dwelling among the sons of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham, in the ears of the sons of Heth, {even} of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,11 No, my lord: hear me. The field give I thee; and the cave that is in it, to thee I give it; before the eyes of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.12 And Abraham bowed down before the people of the land;13 and he spoke to Ephron, in the ears of the people of the land, saying, But if only thou wouldst listen to me, I give the money for the field: take {it} of me, and I will bury my dead there.14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,15 My lord, hearken to me. A field of four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.16 And Abraham hearkened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the money that he had named in the ears of the sons of Heth-four hundred shekels of silver, current with the merchant.17 So the field of Ephron, which was at Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all its borders round about,18 were assured to Abraham for a possession before the eyes of the sons of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field at Machpelah, opposite to Mamre: that is Hebron, in the land of Canaan.20 And the field and the cave that was in it were assured to Abraham for a possession of a sepulchre by the sons of Heth.

1 En die lewensdae van Sara was honderd sewe en twintig jaar. Dit was die lewensjare van Sara.2 En Sara het gesterwe in Kirjat-Arba, dit is Hebron, in die land Kana„n; en Abraham het gekom om oor Sara te rouklaag en haar te beween.3 Daarna het Abraham opgestaan, van sy dode af weg, en met die seuns van Het gespreek en gesê:4 Ek is 'n vreemdeling en bywoner onder julle. Gee my 'n graf as besitting by julle, dat ek my dode van my af weg kan begrawe.5 Toe antwoord die seuns van Het vir Abraham en sê aan hom:6 Luister na ons, my heer! U is 'n vors van God onder ons. Begraaf u dode in die beste graf wat ons het; niemand van ons sal u sy graf weier om u dode te begrawe nie.7 Toe staan Abraham op en buig hom voor die volk van die land, voor die seuns van Het;8 en hy het met hulle gespreek en gesê: As julle dit goedvind dat ek my dode van my af weg begrawe, luister dan na my en doen vir my 'n goeie woord by Efron, die seun van Sohar,9 dat hy aan my gee die spelonk van Magp,la wat aan hom behoort, wat aan die end van sy stuk grond lê; laat hy dit vir die volle som aan my gee, dat ek 'n graf onder julle mag besit.10 En Efron het tussen die seuns van Het gesit. Toe antwoord Efron, die Hetiet, vir Abraham voor die ore van die seuns van Het, van almal wat in die poort van sy stad ingegaan het:11 Nee, my heer, luister na my. Die stuk grond gee ek aan u; ook die spelonk wat daarin is, dit gee ek aan u; voor die oë van die seuns van my volk gee ek dit aan u; begraaf u dode.12 Daarop het Abraham hom voor die volk van die land neergebuig13 en met Efron gespreek voor die ore van die volk van die land: Ja, as dit u is, ag, luister na my! Ek gee die geld vir die stuk grond; neem dit van my aan, dat ek my dode daar kan begrawe.14 En Efron het Abraham geantwoord en aan hom gesê:15 My heer, luister na my. 'n Stuk land van vier honderd sikkels silwer -- wat is dit tussen my en u? Begraaf maar u dode.16 Toe luister Abraham na Efron, en Abraham het aan Efron die geld afgeweeg waarvan hy gespreek het voor die ore van die seuns van Het -- vier honderd sikkels silwer gangbaar by die koopman.17 So het dan die stuk grond van Efron wat in Magp,la teenoor Mamre lê, die stuk grond en die spelonk wat daarin is, en al die bome op die stuk grond wat op die ganse gebied daarvan rondom staan,18 die eiendom van Abraham geword voor die oë van die seuns van Het, voor almal wat in die poort van sy stad ingegaan het.19 Daarna het Abraham toe sy vrou Sara begrawe in die spelonk van die stuk grond van Magp,la, oostelik van Mamre, dit is Hebron, in die land Kana„n.20 So is dan die stuk grond en die spelonk wat daarin was, deur die seuns van Het aan Abraham afgestaan om dit as graf in eiendom te besit.