Genesis 23:6-16

6“Hear us, my lord: you are a 12mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our graves; none of us will refuse you his grave for burying your dead.” 7So Abraham stood up and bowed to the people of the land, the sons of Heth. 8And he spoke with them, saying, “If 3you are willing to let me bury my dead out of my sight, listen to me, and plead with 4Ephron the son of Zohar for me, 9that he may give me the cave of Machpelah which he owns, which is at the end of his field; for the full price let him give it to me in 5your presence for 6a burial site.” 10Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham 7so that the sons of Heth heard, 8that is, all who entered the gate of his city, saying, 11“No, my lord, listen to me; 9I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you; bury your dead.” 12And Abraham bowed before the people of the land. 13But he spoke to Ephron 10so that the people of the land heard, saying, “If you will only please listen to me; I will give the price of the field, accept it from me so that I may bury my dead there.” 14Then Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, 15“My lord, listen to me: a plot of land worth 11four hundred 12shekels of silver--what is that between me and you? So bury your dead.” 16Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham 13weighed out for Ephron the silver which he had named in the 14presence of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, currency acceptable to a merchant.