Genesis 23:6-8

Modern English Version

⁶ “Hear us, my lord. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our burial places. None of us will withhold from you his burial place that you may bury your dead.”

⁷ Then Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land, the Hittites. ⁸ He spoke with them, saying, “If it be your wish that I bury my dead out of my sight, hear me and entreat Ephron the son of Zohar for me,