1. Now Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.
2. Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan; and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
3. Then Abraham rose from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
4. "I am a stranger and a sojourner among you; give me a burial site among you that I may bury my dead out of my sight."
5. The sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,