Genesis 23:15-18
Living Bible
14-15 “Well, the land is worth 400 pieces of silver,” Ephron said, “but what is that between friends? Go ahead and bury your dead.”
16 So Abraham paid Ephron the price he had suggested—400 pieces of silver, as publicly agreed. 17-18 This is the land he bought: Ephron’s field at Mach-pelah, near Mamre, and the cave at the end of the field, and all the trees in the field. They became his permanent possession, by agreement in the presence of the men of Heth at the city gate.
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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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