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10 Ephron was sitting among the Hethites. So in the hearing[a] of all the Hethites who came to the gate of his city,(A) Ephron the Hethite answered Abraham: 11 ‘No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the sight[b] of my people. Bury your dead.’

12 Abraham bowed down to the people of the land

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Footnotes

  1. 23:10 Lit ears, also in vv. 13,16
  2. 23:11 Lit in the eyes of the sons