And  Abraham  bowed  down  in  the  presence  of  the
people  of  the  land.  And  he  spake  unto  Ephron  in  the
hearing  of  the  people  of  the  land,  saying.  But  if  thou
wilt  hearken  unto  me,  I  will  give  the  ''price  of  the  field :
take  it  from  me,  and  I  will  bury  my  dead  there.  And
Ephron  answered  Abraham,  and  said  unto  him.  My
lord,  hearken  unto  me :  A  field  of  four  hundred  shekels
of  silver,  what  is  that  between  me  and  thee?  bury,
therefore,  thy  dead.  And  Abraham  hearkened  unto
Ephron,  and  Abraham  weighed  out  to  Ephron  the
money  of  which  he  had  spoken  in  the  ears  of  the  chil-
dren of  Heth,  four  hundred  shekels  of  silver,  current
with  the  merchant.
''So  the  field  of  Ephron,  which  was  at  Machpelah,
which  was  before  Mamre,  the  field,  and  the  cave  which
was  in  it,  and  all  the  trees  that  were  in  the  field, — that
were  in  all  its  borders  round  about,  were  made  sure  to
Abraham  for  a  possession  in  the  sight  of  the  children  of
Heth,  before  all  who  went  in  at  the  gate  of  his  city.
And  afterward,  Abraham  buried  Sarah  his  wife  in  the
cave  of  the  field  of  Machpelah,  opposite  Mamre,  which
is  Hebron,  in  the  land  of  Canaan.  And  the  field,  and
the  cave  which  is  in  it,  were  made  sure  to  Abraham
for  a  possession  of  a  sepulchre  by  the  children  of  Heth.
