Genesis 23:15-18

Expanded Bible

¹⁵ “·Sir [My Lord], [^LListen to me,] the land is worth ·ten pounds [^L400 shekels] of silver, ·but I won’t argue with you over the price [^Lwhat is that between you and me?]. Take the land, and bury your ·dead wife [^Ldead].”

¹⁶ Abraham ·agreed [listened] and paid Ephron in front of the Hittite witnesses. He weighed out the full price, ·ten pounds [^L400 shekels] of silver, and they counted the weight as the traders normally did.

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 [^Cthe first land actually owned by Abraham].