16 Abraham agreed with Ephron, and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver that he had agreed to in the hearing of the Hethites: four hundred standard shekels[a] of silver.(A) 17 So Ephron’s field(B) at Machpelah near Mamre—the field with its cave and all the trees anywhere within the boundaries of the field—became 18 Abraham’s possession in the sight of all the Hethites who came to the gate of his city.

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Footnotes

  1. 23:16 Lit 400 shekels passing to the merchant

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