Genesis 23:10

10. Ephron… at the gate of his city Here note that the scene has changed . Those children of Heth with whom Abraham first communed (Genesis 23:8) on the purchase of the cave, have broken the matter to the owner, and he now appears sitting ישׁב at the gate, where all such business is publicly transacted in the audience, or hearing, of all that congregated there, and speaks . See further on Genesis 23:17.