10. Ephron was sitting among the Hittites at the city gate. He answered Abraham,
11. “No, sir. I will give you the land and the cave that is in it, with these people as witnesses. Bury your dead wife.”
12. Then Abraham bowed down before the Hittites.
13. He said to Ephron before all the people, “Please let me pay you the full price for the field. Accept my money, and I will bury my dead there.”
14. Ephron answered Abraham,
15. “Sir, the land is worth ten pounds of silver, but I won’t argue with you over the price. Take the land, and bury your dead wife.”
16. Abraham agreed and paid Ephron in front of the Hittite witnesses. He weighed out the full price, ten pounds of silver, and they counted the weight as the traders normally did.
17-18. So Ephron’s field in Machpelah, east of Mamre, was sold. Abraham became the owner of the field, the cave in it, and all the trees that were in the field. The sale was made at the city gate, with the Hittites as witnesses.
19. After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre. (Mamre was later called Hebron in the land of Canaan.)
20. So Abraham bought the field and the cave in it from the Hittites to use as a burying place.