Verse 16
Genesis 23:16
New Living Translation
16
So Abraham agreed to Ephron’s price and paid the amount he had suggested — 400 pieces of silver, weighed according to the market standard. The Hittite elders witnessed the transaction.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֣ע אַבְרָהָם֮ אֶל עֶפְרוֹן֒ וַ/יִּשְׁקֹ֤ל אַבְרָהָם֙ לְ/עֶפְרֹ֔ן אֶת הַ/כֶּ֕סֶף אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֶּ֖ר בְּ/אָזְנֵ֣י בְנֵי חֵ֑ת אַרְבַּ֤ע מֵאוֹת֙ שֶׁ֣קֶל כֶּ֔סֶף עֹבֵ֖ר לַ/סֹּחֵֽר
English Translation
And Abraham heard Ephron, and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver which he had spoken in the ears of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current merchant’s money.
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Chapter 23 Context
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she died at Kiriath-arba (now called Hebron) in the land of Canaan. There Abraham mourned and wept f...
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Then, leaving her body, he said to the Hittite elders,
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The Hittites replied to Abraham,
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“Listen, my lord, you are an honored prince among us. Choose the finest of our tombs and bury her th...
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Then Abraham bowed low before the Hittites
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and said, “Since you are willing to help me in this way, be so kind as to ask Ephron son of Zohar
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to let me buy his cave at Machpelah, down at the end of his field. I will pay the full price in the...
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Ephron was sitting there among the others, and he answered Abraham as the others listened, speaking...
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“No, my lord,” he said to Abraham, “please listen to me. I will give you the field and the cave. Her...
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Abraham again bowed low before the citizens of the land,
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and he replied to Ephron as everyone listened. “No, listen to me. I will buy it from you. Let me pay...
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Ephron answered Abraham,
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“My lord, please listen to me. The land is worth 400 pieces of silver, but what is that between frie...
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So Abraham agreed to Ephron’s price and paid the amount he had suggested — 400 pieces of silver, wei...
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So Abraham bought the plot of land belonging to Ephron at Machpelah, near Mamre. This included the f...
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It was transferred to Abraham as his permanent possession in the presence of the Hittite elders at t...
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Then Abraham buried his wife, Sarah, there in Canaan, in the cave of Machpelah, near Mamre (also cal...
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So the field and the cave were transferred from the Hittites to Abraham for use as a permanent buria...
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