Genesis 23:6-8

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁶ “Listen to us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb from you. Bury your dead.”

⁷ Abraham stood up and bowed down to the people of the land, that is, to the descendants of Heth. ⁸ He said to them, “If you have agreed that I may bury my dead in their final resting place, then listen to me, and speak to Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf,