Genesis 23:14
12 Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land
13 and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”
Ephron answered Abraham,
15 “Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, 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, according to the standard of the merchants.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Ephron answered Abraham,
- KJV
- And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
- WEB
- Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
- ASV
- And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
- DARBY
- And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
- BLB
- And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
- ÅB
- Da svarte Efron Abraham og sa til ham:
- OTB
- Efron svarte Abraham og sa til ham,
- B1930
- Da svarte Efron Abraham og sa til ham: