Genesis 23:5-7

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁵ The Hittites answered Abraham, ⁶ “Hear us, my lord; you are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our sepulchres; none of us will withhold from you his sepulchre, or hinder you from burying your dead.” ⁷ Abraham rose and bowed to the Hittites, the people of the land.