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“Listen to us, my lord. You are a powerful ruler among us. Bury your wife in the best of our graves. None of us will keep his grave from you for burying your wife.” So Abraham stood up and bowed to the people of the land, the sons of Heth. He said to them, “If you are willing to have me bury my wife, hear me, and ask Zohar’s son Ephron for me.

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“Sir, listen to us. You are a mighty prince(A) among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb for burying your dead.”

Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites. He said to them, “If you are willing to let me bury my dead, then listen to me and intercede with Ephron son of Zohar(B) on my behalf

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