⁶ Abram traveled through the land^(A) as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh^(B) at Shechem.^(C) At that time the Canaanites^(D) were in the land. ⁷ The Lord appeared to Abram^(E) and said, “To your offspring^[a] I will give this land.^(F)”^(G) So he built an altar there to the Lord,^(H) who had appeared to him.

⁸ From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel^(I) and pitched his tent,^(J) with Bethel on the west and Ai^(K) on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.^(L)

¹⁰ Ephron the Hittite was sitting among his people and he replied to Abraham in the hearing of all the Hittites^(A) who had come to the gate^(B) of his city. ¹¹ “No, my lord,” he said. “Listen to me; I give^[a](C) you the field, and I give^[b] you the cave that is in it. I give^[c] it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”

¹² Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land ¹³ and he said to Ephron in their hearing, “Listen to me, if you will. I will pay the price of the field. Accept it from me so I can bury my dead there.”

¹⁴ Ephron answered Abraham, ¹⁵ “Listen to me, my lord; the land is worth four hundred shekels^[d] of silver,^(D) but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

¹⁶ Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver,^(E) according to the weight current among the merchants.^(F)

¹⁷ So Ephron’s field in Machpelah^(G) near Mamre^(H)—both the field and the cave in it, and all the trees within the borders of the field—was deeded ¹⁸ to Abraham as his property^(I) in the presence of all the Hittites^(J) who had come to the gate^(K) of the city. ¹⁹ Afterward Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah^(L) near Mamre (which is at Hebron^(M)) in the land of Canaan.^{(N) 20} So the field and the cave in it were deeded^(O) to Abraham by the Hittites as a burial site.^(P)

⁷ Abraham lived a hundred and seventy-five years.^{(A) 8} Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age,^(B) an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people.^{(C) 9} His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him^(D) in the cave of Machpelah^(E) near Mamre,^(F) in the field of Ephron^(G) son of Zohar the Hittite,^{(H) 10} the field Abraham had bought from the Hittites.^[a](I) There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah. ¹¹ After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac,^(J) who then lived near Beer Lahai Roi.^(K)