Genesis 23:16

And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron, and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver of which he had spoken in the ears of the sons of Heth,—four hundred shekels of silver, current with the merchant,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

In Context

15My lord, hear me,—Land worth four hundred shekels of silver—betwixt me and thee, what is that? And thy dead., bury thou.

17So was confirmed the field of Ephron, which is in Machpelah, which is before Mamre,—the field and the cave which is therein, and all the timber which was in the field, which was in all the boundary thereof round about,

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Cross References

Genesis 23:15My lord, hear me,—Land worth four hundred shekels of silver—betwixt me and thee, what is that? And thy dead., bury thou.

Exodus 30:13This, shall they give—every one that passeth over to them that have been numbered—a half-shekel by the shekel of the sanctuary,—the shekel is twenty gerahs—the half-shekel, shall be a heave-offering to Yahweh.

Ezra 8:25and weighed unto them, the silver and the gold, and the utensils,—the heave-offering for the house of our God, which the king and his counselors and his rulers and all Israel who were present, had offered:

Jeremiah 32:9And I bought the field from Hanameel son of mine uncle that was in Anathoth,—and weighed him the silver, seventeen shekels, was the silver;

Ezekiel 45:12and the shekel shall be twenty gerahs,—twenty shekels five and twenty shekels and fifteen shekels, the weight shall be to you.

Matthew 7:12Whatsoever things, therefore, ye would, that men be doing unto you, so, be, ye also, doing, unto them,—for, this, is the law and the prophets.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 23:4-16

The Cave of Machpelah. ( b. c. 1857.) 3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. 5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, 6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. 7 And… Read the whole commentary →

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