American King James Version
"And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, "
— Genesis 23:5, American King James Version
“And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,”
“And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, ”
“The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,”
“The sons of Heth answered Abraham,”
“The children of Heth answered, saying:”
“And in answer the children of Heth said to Abraham,”
“And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,”
And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. ¶
And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burial plot with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
Hear us, my lord: you are a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchers bury your dead; none of us shall withhold from you his sepulcher, but that you may bury your dead.
And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,