1. When Sarah was 127 years old,
2. she died at Kiriath-arba (now called Hebron) in the land of Canaan. There Abraham mourned and wept for her.
3. Then, leaving her body, he said to the Hittite elders,
4. “Here I am, a stranger and a foreigner among you. Please sell me a piece of land so I can give my wife a proper burial.”
5. The Hittites replied to Abraham,
6. “Listen, my lord, you are an honored prince among us. Choose the finest of our tombs and bury her there. No one here will refuse to help you in this way.”