to give me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him give it to me in your presence, for the full price, as burial property.”

10 Ephron was sitting among the Hethites. So in the hearing[a] of all the Hethites who came to the gate of his city,(A) Ephron the Hethite answered Abraham: 11 “No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the sight[b] of my people. Bury your dead.”

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Footnotes

  1. 23:10 Lit ears, also in vv. 13,16
  2. 23:11 Lit in the eyes of the sons

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