Genesis 23:16

And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

Cross-reference

Genesis 25:10 Prophetic fulfillment

In Genesis 25:10, Abraham's burial here fulfills the purpose of the land purchase.

In Genesis 49:31, Jacob cites this burial site for Abraham and Sarah.

Genesis 50:13 Prophetic fulfillment

In Genesis 50:13, Jacob is buried at the cave purchased here.

In Jeremiah 32:9, Jeremiah weighs out silver to buy a field. Both depict a solemn act of weighing silver for a land purchase — a close narrative parallel.

In Ezra 8:25-30, Ezra carefully weighs out silver and gold for the temple. Both passages highlight precise, public weighing of silver for a solemn purpose.