Genesis 23:14-16
Legacy Standard Bible
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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- 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 23:14-16
New International Version
14 Ephron answered Abraham, 15 “Listen to me, my lord; the land is worth four hundred shekels[a] of silver,(A) 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,(B) according to the weight current among the merchants.(C)
Footnotes
- Genesis 23:15 That is, about 10 pounds or about 4.6 kilograms
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