New International Version

Genesis 23:1-4 New International Version (NIV)

1. Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old.

2. She died at Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her.

3. Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites. He said,

4. “I am a foreigner and stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead.”