11. "No, sir. Listen, I will give you the field, and I will give you the cave in it. In front of my people’s witnesses, I will give it to you. Bury your dead!"
12. Abraham bowed before the local citizens
13. and spoke to Ephron publicly in the presence of the local citizens: "If only you would accept my offer. I will give you the price of the field. Take it from me so that I can bury my dead there."
14. Ephron responded to Abraham,
15. "Sir, what is four hundred shekels of silver between me and you for the land so that you can bury your dead?"
16. Abraham accepted Ephron’s offer and weighed out for Ephron the silver he requested publicly before the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver at the current rate of exchange.
17. So the field of Ephron in Machpelah near Mamre—the field and the cave in it, and all the trees within the field’s boundaries—was officially transferred
18. to Abraham as his property in the presence of the Hittites and of everyone at his city’s gate.
19. After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan.
20. The field and the cave in it were officially transferred from the Hittites to Abraham as his burial property.