9. to sell me Machpelah Cave, which is near the edge of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for its full price, here in your presence, so that I can own it as a burial ground.”
10. Ephron himself was sitting with the other Hittites at the meeting place at the city gate; he answered in the hearing of everyone there,
11. “Listen, sir; I will give you the whole field and the cave that is in it. Here in the presence of my own people, I will give it to you, so that you can bury your wife.”
12. But Abraham bowed before the Hittites