Verse 16
Genesis 23:16
Young's Literal Translation
16
And Abraham hearkeneth unto Ephron, and Abraham weigheth to Ephron the silver which he hath spoken of in the ears of the sons of Heth, four hundred silver shekels, passing with the merchant.
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
1
And the life of Sarah is a hundred and twenty and seven years -- years of the life of Sarah;
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and Sarah dieth in Kirjath-Arba, which [is] Hebron, in the land of Caanan, and Abraham goeth in to m...
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And Abraham riseth up from the presence of his dead, and speaketh unto the sons of Heth, saying,
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'A sojourner and a settler I [am] with you; give to me a possession of a burying-place with you, and...
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And the sons of Heth answer Abraham, saying to him,
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'Hear us, my lord; a prince of God (Elohim) [art] thou in our midst; in the choice of our burying-pl...
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And Abraham riseth and boweth himself to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth,
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and he speaketh with them, saying, 'If it is your desire to bury my dead from before me, hear me, an...
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and he giveth to me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which [is] in the extremity of his field;...
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10
And Ephron is sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth, and Ephron the Hittite answereth Abraham in...
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11
'Nay, my lord, hear me: the field I have given to thee, and the cave that [is] in it, to thee I have...
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12
And Abraham boweth himself before the people of the land,
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and speaketh unto Ephron in the ears of the people of the land, saying, 'Only -- if thou wouldest he...
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14
And Ephron answereth Abraham, saying to him,
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'My lord, hear me: the land -- four hundred shekels of silver; between me and thee, what [is] it? --...
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And Abraham hearkeneth unto Ephron, and Abraham weigheth to Ephron the silver which he hath spoken o...
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And established are the field of Ephron, which [is] in Machpelah, which [is] before Mamre, the field...
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to Abraham by purchase, before the eyes of the sons of Heth, among all entering the gate of his city...
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And after this hath Abraham buried Sarah his wife at the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre...
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and established are the field, and the cave which [is] in it, to Abraham for a possession of a buryi...
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