9. Ask him to sell me the cave of Machpelah at the edge of his field. I will pay him the full price. You can be the witnesses that I am buying it as a burial place.”
10. Ephron was sitting among the Hittites at the city gate. He answered Abraham,
11. “No, sir. I will give you the land and the cave that is in it, with these people as witnesses. Bury your dead wife.”
12. Then Abraham bowed down before the Hittites.
13. He said to Ephron before all the people, “Please let me pay you the full price for the field. Accept my money, and I will bury my dead there.”
14. Ephron answered Abraham,
15. “Sir, the land is worth ten pounds of silver, but I won’t argue with you over the price. Take the land, and bury your dead wife.”