Gen 23:3-20 | NASB2020 | STEP | Then Abraham arose from mourning before his dead , and spoke to the sons of Heth , saying ,

Genesis 23:3-20

3 Then Abraham arose from mourning before his dead, and spoke to the ^asons of Heth, saying, 4 “I am ^ba stranger and a foreign resident among you; ^cgive me ^{▼▼Lit possession of a burial place}a ^eburial site among you so that I may bury my dead out of my sight.” 5 The sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, 6 “Hear us, my lord: you are a ^{▼▼Lit prince of God
,} ^gmighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our graves; none of us will refuse you his grave for burying your dead.” 7 So Abraham stood up and bowed to the people of the land, the sons of Heth. 8 And he spoke with them, saying, “If ^{▼▼Lit it is with your soul}you are willing to let me bury my dead out of my sight, listen to me, and plead with ⁱEphron the son of Zohar for me, 9 that he may give me the cave of Machpelah which he owns, which is at the end of his field; for the full price let him give it to me in ^{▼▼Lit the midst of you}your presence for ^{▼▼Lit possession of a burial place}a burial site.” 10 Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham ^{▼▼Lit in the ears of}so that the sons of Heth heard, ^mthat is, all who entered the gate of his city, saying, 11 “No, my lord, listen to me; ⁿI give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you; bury your dead.” 12 And Abraham bowed before the people of the land. 13 But he spoke to Ephron ^{▼▼Lit in the ears of}so that the people of the land heard, saying, “If you will only please listen to me; I will give the price of the field, accept it from me so that I may bury my dead there.” 14 Then Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, 15 “My lord, listen to me: a plot of land worth ^{▼▼About 12.5 lb. or 5.7 kg}four hundred ^qshekels of silver --what is that between me and you? So bury your dead.” 16 Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham ^rweighed out for Ephron the silver which he had named in the ^{▼▼Lit ears}presence of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, currency acceptable to a merchant.

17 So ^tEphron’s field, which was in Machpelah, which faced Mamre, the field and the cave which was in it, and all the trees which were in the field, that were ^{▼▼Lit in all its border around}within all the confines of its border, ^{▼▼Or were ratified}were deeded over 18 to Abraham as a possession ^win the presence of the sons of Heth, before all who entered the gate of his city. 19 After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field of Machpelah facing Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan. 20 So the field and the cave that was in it ^{▼▼Or were ratified}were ^ydeeded over to Abraham for ^{▼▼Lit possession of a burial place}a burial site by the sons of Heth.