Genesis 23:7-12

7Then Abraham bowed low before the Hittites

8and said, “Since you are willing to help me in this way, be so kind as to ask Ephron son of Zohar

9to let me buy his cave at Machpelah, down at the end of his field. I will pay the full price in the presence of witnesses, so I will have a permanent burial place for my family.”

10Ephron was sitting there among the others, and he answered Abraham as the others listened, speaking publicly before all the Hittite elders of the town.

11“No, my lord,” he said to Abraham, “please listen to me. I will give you the field and the cave. Here in the presence of my people, I give it to you. Go and bury your dead.”

12Abraham again bowed low before the citizens of the land,