Genesis 23:3–16

³And Abraham rose up from his dead, and he spoke to the Hittites^b and said, ⁴“I am a stranger and an alien among you; give to me my own burial site^c among you so that I may bury my dead from before me.” ⁵And the Hittites^d answered Abraham and said to him, ⁶“Hear us, my lord, you are a mighty prince^e in our midst. Bury your dead in the choicest of our burial sites. None of us will withhold his burial site^f from you for burying your dead.” ⁷And Abraham rose up and bowed to the people of the land, to the Hittites.^{g 8}And he spoke with them, saying, “If you are willing^h that I bury my dead from before me, hear me and intercede for me with Ephron the son of Zohar, ⁹that he may sellⁱ to me the cave of Machpelah which belongs to him,^j which is at the end of his field. At full value let him sell^k it to me in your midst as a burial site.”^{l 10}Now Ephron was sitting among the Hittites.^m And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the Hittitesⁿ with respect to all who were entering the gate of his city, and said, ¹¹“No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field and the cave which is in it, I also give it to you in the sight of the children of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead.” ¹²And Abraham bowed before the people of the land. ¹³And he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, “If only you will hear me^o—I give the price of the field. Take it from me that I may bury my dead there.” ¹⁴And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, ¹⁵“My lord, hear me. A piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver—what is that between me and you? Bury your dead.” ¹⁶Then Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham weighed for Ephron the silver that he had named^p in the hearing of the Hittites:^q four hundred shekels of silver at the merchants’ current rate.^r