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14 Then Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, 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.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 23:15 Approx. 10 lb. or 4.4 kg, a shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm
  2. Genesis 23:16 Lit ears
  3. Genesis 23:16 Lit current according to the merchant