Genesis 23:16-18
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
16 (A)Abraham accepted Ephron’s terms; he weighed out to him the silver that Ephron had stipulated in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver at the current market value.[a]
17 (B)Thus Ephron’s field in Machpelah, facing Mamre, together with its cave and all the trees anywhere within its limits, was conveyed 18 to Abraham by purchase in the presence of the Hittites, all who entered the gate of Ephron’s city.
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- 23:16 The current market value: the standard weight called a shekel varied according to time and place.
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