Genesis 23:6-8

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁶ “Listen to us, sir. You are a mighty leader among us. Bury your dead in one of our best tombs. Not one of us will withhold from you his tomb for burying your dead.”

⁷ Abraham got up in front of the Hittites, the people of that region, and bowed with his face touching the ground. ⁸ He said to them, “If you are willing to let me bury my wife, listen to me. Encourage Ephron, son of Zohar,