Genesis 23:4-8
Genesis 23:4
“I am a stranger and a foreign resident among you; give me a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”
Genesis 23:5
The sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
Genesis 23:6
“Hear us, my lord: you are a mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our graves; none of us will refuse you his grave for burying your dead.”
Genesis 23:7
So Abraham stood up and bowed to the people of the land, the sons of Heth.
Genesis 23:8
And he spoke with them, saying, “If you are willing to let me bury my dead out of my sight, listen to me, and plead with Ephron the son of Zohar for me,