Hear us, my lord: thou art a mightyprinceamong us: in the choice of our sepulchresbury thy dead; none of us shallwithholdfromthee his sepulchre, but thatthoumayestbury thy dead.
That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as muchmoney as it is worth he shallgive it me for a possession of a buryingplaceamongst you.
And Ephrondweltamong the children of Heth: and Ephron the HittiteansweredAbraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all thatwent in at the gate of his city, saying,
Nay, my lord, hear me: the fieldgive I thee, and the cavethat is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my peoplegive I it thee: bury thy dead.
And he spakeuntoEphron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thouwiltgive it, I praythee, hear me: I willgivetheemoney for the field; take it of me, and I willbury my deadthere.
And AbrahamhearkeneduntoEphron; and Abrahamweighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, fourhundredshekels of silver, currentmoneywith the merchant.
And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was beforeMamre, the field, and the cavewhich was therein, and all the treesthatwere in the field, thatwere in all the bordersroundabout, weremadesure