Genesis 23:10-16 ▼

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.