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10 (Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth.) Ephron the Hethite replied to Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth--before all who entered the gate of his city-- 11 |No, my lord! Hear me out. I sell you both the field and the cave that is in it. In the presence of my people I sell it to you. Bury your dead.| 12 Abraham bowed before the local people 13 and said to Ephron in their hearing, |Hear me, if you will. I pay to you the price of the field. Take it from me so that I may bury my dead there.| 14 Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, 15 |Hear me, my lord. The land is worth 400 pieces of silver, but what is that between me and you? So bury your dead.| 16 So Abraham agreed to Ephron's price and weighed out for him the price that Ephron had quoted in the hearing of the sons of Heth--400 pieces of silver, according to the standard measurement at the time. Genesis 23:10-16, New English Translation. Copyright © 1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press.
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