Genesis 23:15-18

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¹⁵ “Sir, listen to me. Ten pounds^[a] of silver mean nothing to you or me. Take the land and bury your dead wife.”

¹⁶ Abraham understood that Ephron was telling him the price of the land.^[b] So Abraham paid him for the land. He weighed out ten pounds of silver for Ephron and gave it to the merchant.^[c]

^17-18 So the field of Ephron changed owners. This field was in Machpelah, near Mamre. Abraham became the owner of the field, the cave in it, and all the trees in the field. Everyone in the city saw the agreement between Ephron and Abraham.