10. Ephron was sitting among the Hittites. He answered Abraham so that everyone who was entering the city gate could hear him. He said,
11. “No, sir, listen to me. I’m giving you the field together with the cave that is in it. My people are witnesses that I’m giving it to you. Bury your wife!”
12. Abraham bowed down again in front of the people of that region.
13. He spoke to Ephron so that the people of that region could hear him. He said, “If you would only listen to me. I will pay you the price of the field. Take it from me so that I can bury my wife there.”
14. Ephron answered Abraham,
15. “Sir, listen to me. The land is worth ten pounds of silver. What is that between us? Bury your wife!”
16. Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms. So he weighed out for Ephron the amount stated in front of the Hittites: ten pounds of silver at the current merchants’ exchange rate.
17. So Ephron’s field at Machpelah, east of Mamre, was sold