Genesis 23:15-17
Legacy Standard Bible
15 “My lord, hear me; a piece of land worth [a]four hundred (A)shekels of silver, what is that between me and you? So bury your dead.” 16 So Abraham heard Ephron; and Abraham (B)weighed out for Ephron the silver which he had named in the [b]hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, [c]commercial standard.
17 So (C)Ephron’s field, which was in Machpelah, which faced Mamre, the field and the cave which was in it, and all the trees which were in the field, that were [d]within all the confines of its border, [e]were deeded over
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- Genesis 23:15 Approx. 10 lb. or 4.4 kg, a shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm
- Genesis 23:16 Lit ears
- Genesis 23:16 Lit current according to the merchant
- Genesis 23:17 Lit in all its border around
- Genesis 23:17 Or were ratified
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