Genesis 23:15-17
1599 Geneva Bible
15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred [a]shekels of silver: what is that between me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
16 So Abraham hearkened unto Ephron, and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named, in the audience of the Hittites, even four hundred silver shekels of current money among merchants.
17 ¶ So the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, and over against Mamre, even the field and the cave that was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, which were in all the borders round about, was made sure
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- Genesis 23:15 The common shekel is about 20 pence, so then 400 shekels mount to 33 pound 6 shillings and 8 pence after 5 shilling sterling the ounce.
Genesis 23:15-17
New International Version
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)
17 So Ephron’s field in Machpelah(D) near Mamre(E)—both the field and the cave in it, and all the trees within the borders of the field—was deeded
Footnotes
- Genesis 23:15 That is, about 10 pounds or about 4.6 kilograms
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