⁸ And he spoke with them, saying, “If it is your ^[a]desire for me to bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and meet with ^(A)Ephron the son of Zohar for me, ⁹ that he may give me the cave of Machpelah which belongs to him, which is at the end of his field; for the full price let him give it to me in ^[b]your presence as a possession for a burial site.” ¹⁰ Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth, even ^(B)of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,