¹³ And he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, “If only you will hear me^[a]—I give the price of the field. Take it from me that I may bury my dead there.” ¹⁴ And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, ¹⁵ “My lord, hear me. A piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver—what is that between me and you? Bury your dead.”