5-6. “Sir,” they answered, “you are an important man. Choose the best place to bury your wife. None of us would refuse you a resting place for your dead.”
7. Abraham bowed down
8. and replied, “If you are willing to let me bury my wife here, please ask Zohar's son Ephron
9. to sell me Machpelah Cave at the end of his field. I'll pay what it's worth, and all of you can be witnesses.”
10. Ephron was sitting there near the city gate, when Abraham made this request, and he answered,
11. “Sir, the whole field, including the cave, is yours. With my own people as witnesses, I freely give it to you as a burial place for your dead.”
12. Once again, Abraham bowed down