Gen 23:9 | NETfull | STEP | if he will sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me publicly for the full price, so that I may own it as a burial site.”

Genesis 23:9

9 if he will sell ^{▼▼ Heb “give.” This is used here (also a second time later in this verse) as an idiom for “sell”; see the note on the word “grant” in v. 4.} me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me publicly ^{▼▼ Heb “in your presence.”} for the full price, ^{▼▼ Heb “silver.”} so that I may own it as a burial site.”