11 No, my Lord, hear me: the field give I thee and the cave that therein is, I give it thee: even in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee to bury thy dead.

12 Then Abraham [a]bowed himself before the people of the land,

13 And spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the country, saying, Seeing thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me, I will give the price of the field: receive it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 23:12 To show that he had them in good estimation and reverence.

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