4. “I am only a foreigner staying in your country. I have no place to bury my wife. Please give me some land so that I can bury her.”
5. The Hittites answered Abraham,
6. “Sir, you are a great leader among us. You can have the best place we have to bury your dead. You can have any of our burying places that you want. None of us will stop you from burying your wife there.”
7. Abraham got up and bowed to the people.
8. He said to them, “If you really want to help me bury my dead wife, speak to Ephron the son of Zohar for me.
9. I would like to buy the cave of Machpelah, which belongs to Ephron. It is at the end of his field. I will pay him the full price. I want all of you to be witnesses that I am buying it as a burial place.”
10. Ephron was sitting there among the people. He answered Abraham,
11. “No, sir. Here in front of my people, I give you that land and the cave on it so that you can bury your wife.”