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Genesis 23:15-17
New Catholic Bible
Genesis 23:15-17
New Catholic Bible
15 “Hear me, my lord. A field with a value of four hundred silver shekels,[a] what is that between me and you? Bury your dead there.”
16 Abraham accepted Ephron’s terms. He paid Ephron the price that had been mentioned in the hearing of the Hittites, namely, four hundred silver shekels of the current market weight.
17 The field of Ephron was at Machpelah facing Mamre. The field and the cave found there and all the trees in the field and within the boundaries of the field,
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- Genesis 23:15 Four hundred silver shekels are equivalent to about 5 kilograms of silver.
Genesis 23:15-17
New International Version
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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