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Genesis 23:15

Money and wealth

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.”

14 Ephron answered Abraham,

“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.

17 So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field were deeded over

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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
“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.”
KJV
My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
WEB
“My lord, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver between me and you? Therefore bury your dead.”
ASV
My lord, hearken unto me. A piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that betwixt me and thee? Bury therefore thy dead.
DARBY
My lord, hearken to me. A field of four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
BLB
“My lord, hear me: Land [worth] four hundred shekels of silver—between me and between you, what [is] it? And bury your dead.”
ÅB
Herre, hør på meg! Et jordstykke som er verd fire hundre sekel sølv, hva har det å si mellom meg og deg? Begrav du din døde!
OTB
"Min herre, hør på meg: Landet er verdt fire hundre sekel sølv. Hva er det mellom deg og meg? Begrav din døde."
B1930
Herre, hør på mig! Et jordstykke som er verd fire hundre sekel sølv, hvad har det å si mellem mig og dig? Begrav du din døde!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 45:12

    The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina.

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  • Exodus 30:13

    Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.

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  • Exodus 30:15

    In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less.

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