Genesis 23:1-6

New Catholic Bible

Chapter 23

Tomb of the Patriarch.^{[a] 1} Sarah lived to be one hundred and twenty-seven years old. ² She died at Kiriath-arba, that is Hebron, in the land of Canaan. Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and he wept for her.

³ Abraham then left the body of his loved one and said to the Hittites, ⁴ “I am a foreigner and I sojourn among you. Sell me a piece of land here for a grave. In that way I can carry the body there and bury it.”

⁵ The Hittites answered, ⁶ “Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God living in our midst. Bury your dead one in the best of our tombs. No one among us will prevent you from burying your dead in your tomb.”