and spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land: “If only you would hear me — I will pay the price of the field. Accept it from me, and let me bury my dead there.”
In context
11“No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the sight of the sons of my people. Bury your dead.” 12Abraham bowed down before the people of the land, 13and spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land: “If only you would hear me — I will pay the price of the field. Accept it from me, and let me bury my dead there.” 14Ephron answered Abraham: 15“My lord, listen to me. Land worth four hundred shekels of silver — what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”
