“Hear us, my lord, you are a [a](A)mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our graves; none of us will refuse you his grave for burying your dead.” So Abraham rose and bowed to the people of the land, the sons of Heth. And he spoke with them, saying, “If it is your [b]wish for me to bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and approach (B)Ephron the son of Zohar for me,

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 23:6 Lit prince of God
  2. Genesis 23:8 Lit soul