Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, to wit, the children of Heth: And said to them: If it please your soul that I should bury my dead, hear me, and intercede for me to Ephron the son of Seor. That he may give me the double cave, which he hath in the end of his field: For as much money as it is worth he shall give it me before you, for a possession of a burying place.

Then I, with stammering accents, intercede, / and, sore perplext, these broken words outthrow / to calm her transport: