10. Ephron himself was sitting with the other Hittites at the meeting place at the city gate; he answered in the hearing of everyone there,
11. “Listen, sir; I will give you the whole field and the cave that is in it. Here in the presence of my own people, I will give it to you, so that you can bury your wife.”
12. But Abraham bowed before the Hittites
13. and said to Ephron, so that everyone could hear, “May I ask you, please, to listen. I will buy the whole field. Accept my payment, and I will bury my wife there.”
14. Ephron answered,