Gen 23:16-18 | ESV | STEP | Abraham listened to Ephron , and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver that he had named in the hearing of the Hittites , four hundred shekels of silver , according to the weights current among the merchants .

‏ Genesis 23:16-18

16 Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham ^aweighed out for Ephron the silver that he had named in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants.

17 So ^bthe field of Ephron in Machpelah, which was to the east of Mamre, the field with the cave that was in it and all the trees that were in the field, throughout its whole area, was made over 18 to Abraham as a possession in the presence of the Hittites, before all who went in at the gate of his city.