The Scriptures 1998

Genesis 23:1-7 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

1. And Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years, the years of the life of Sarah.

2. And Sarah died in Qiryath Arba, that is Ḥeḇron, in the land of Kena‛an, and Aḇraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

3. Then Aḇraham rose up from beside his dead, and spoke to the sons of Ḥĕth, saying,

4. “I am a foreigner and a sojourner among you. Give me property for a burial site among you, so that I bury my dead from my presence.”

5. And the sons of Ḥĕth answered Aḇraham, saying to him,

6. “Hear us, my master: You are a prince of Elohim among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our burial places. None of us withholds from you his burial site, from burying your dead.”

7. So Aḇraham rose and bowed himself to the people of the land, the sons of Ḥĕth.