Verse 15
Genesis 23:15
Free Bible Version
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Abraham accepted Ephron's offer. Abraham weighed out and gave to Ephron the four hundred pieces of silver he'd mentioned, using the standard weights used by merchants, and with the Hittites acting as witnesses.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֲדֹנִ֣/י שְׁמָעֵ֔/נִי אֶרֶץ֩ אַרְבַּ֨ע מֵאֹ֧ת שֶֽׁקֶל כֶּ֛סֶף בֵּינִ֥/י וּ/בֵֽינְ/ךָ֖ מַה הִ֑וא וְ/אֶת מֵתְ/ךָ֖ קְבֹֽר
English Translation
My lord, listen to me: What is four hundred shekels of silver between me and you? Bury your dead.
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Chapter 23 Context
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Sarah lived to be 127,
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and then she died at Kiriath-arba (or Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham went in to mourn her de...
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“I am a foreigner, a stranger living among you,” he said. “Please let me buy a burial site so I can...
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The Hittites answered Abraham, telling him,
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“Listen, my lord, you are a highly-respected prince among us. Choose the very best of our burial sit...
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Abraham got up and bowed low before the Hittites, the local people,
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and said to them, “If you agree to help me bury my dead, listen to my proposal. Could you please ask...
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to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him, down at the end of his field. I'm willing to p...
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Ephron the Hittite was sitting there among his people. He replied to Abraham in the presence of the...
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“No, my lord,” he said. “Please listen to me. I give you the field and the cave that is there. I giv...
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Abraham bowed low before the local people,
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and said to Ephron so everyone could hear, “Please listen to me. I will pay the price for the field....
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Ephron replied to Abraham, telling him,
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“My lord, please listen to me. The land is worth four hundred pieces of silver. But what's that betw...
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Abraham accepted Ephron's offer. Abraham weighed out and gave to Ephron the four hundred pieces of s...
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So the property was legally transferred. It comprised Ephron's field in Machpelah near Mamre, both t...
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This all became Abraham's property, and the transaction was witnessed by the Hittites who were there...
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Then Abraham went and buried Sarah his wife in the cave in the field at Machpelah near Mamre (or Heb...
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