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 presence[a] of my people. Bury your dead.”

12 Abraham bowed down to the people of the land 13 and said to Ephron in the presence[b] of the people of the land, “Please listen to me. Let me pay the price of the field. Accept it from me, and let me bury my dead there.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 23:11 Lit in the eyes of the sons
  2. Genesis 23:13 Lit ears

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