What does Genesis 23:9-11 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as muchb money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audiencec of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.