⁷ So Abraham stood up and bowed to the people of the land, the sons of Heth. ⁸ And he spoke with them, saying, “If ^[a]you are willing to let me bury my dead out of my sight, listen to me, and plead with ^(A)Ephron the son of Zohar for me, ⁹ that he may give me the cave of Machpelah which he owns, which is at the end of his field; for the full price let him give it to me in ^[b]your presence for ^[c]a burial site.”