Sarah dies at the age of 126 in the land of Canaan. Abraham grieved for his wife but was soon forced to face the logistical difficulties of obtaining burial space for her in a foreign land. He first asks his Hittite hosts to sell him only a burial space. They reply that he should have any space he should choose for nothing as he’s the ‘elect of God.’ Abraham responds by choosing a cave on the land of Ephron. Ephron refuses to sell just the plot of land for the burial and instead insists that Abraham buy the entire field in order to extricate himself (at least according to the NASB) from local taxes on that land. Abraham, over a barrel, agrees and pays the outlandish sum of 400 shekels of silver. Sarah is then laid to rest in the cave aforementioned.
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