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 a burial place.”

10 Ephron was sitting among the Hittites. So in the presence[a] of all the Hittites who came to the gate of his city,(A) Ephron the Hittite 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 presence[b] of my people. Bury your dead.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 23:10 Lit ears
  2. Genesis 23:11 Lit in the eyes of the sons

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