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.