Genesis 23:15
Good News Translation
"Sir, land worth only four hundred pieces of silver--what is that between us? Bury your wife in it."

New Revised Standard Version
“My lord, listen to me; a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver—what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

New American Bible
sir, listen to me! A piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver—what is that between you and me? Bury your dead!”

Douay-Rheims Bible
My lord, hear me. The ground which thou desirest, is worth four hundred sicles of silver: this is the price between me and thee: but what is this? bury thy dead.

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My lord, hear me. The ground which thou desirest, is worth four hundred sicles of silver: this is the price between me and thee: but what is this? bury thy dead.

is worth.

2s.

6d. of our money, but according to Dr. Prideaux,

3s. English. In those early times, money was given in weight; for it is said (ver.

Genesis 23:16 And when Abraham had heard this, he weighed out the money that Ephron had asked, in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred sicles of silver, of common current money.

.) that 'Abraham weighed,' wayishkal, the silver; and hence, we find that it was a certain weight which afterwards passed as a current coin; for the word shekel is not only used to denote a piece of sliver, but also to weigh.

shekels.

Exodus 30:15 The rich man shall not add to half a sicle, and the poor man shall diminish nothing.

Ezekiel 45:12 And the sicle hath twenty obols. Now twenty sicles, and five and twenty sicles, and fifteen sicles, make a mna,

Context
The Death and Burial of Sarah
14And Ephron answered: 15My lord, hear me. The ground which thou desirest, is worth four hundred sicles of silver: this is the price between me and thee: but what is this? bury thy dead.16And when Abraham had heard this, he weighed out the money that Ephron had asked, in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred sicles of silver, of common current money.…
Cross References
Genesis 23:14
And Ephron answered:

Exodus 30:13
And this shall every one give that passeth at the naming, half a sicle according to the standard of the temple. A sicle hath twenty obols. Half a sicle shall be offered to the Lord.

Ezekiel 45:12
And the sicle hath twenty obols. Now twenty sicles, and five and twenty sicles, and fifteen sicles, make a mna,

Genesis 23:14
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