Verse (Click for Chapter) 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 New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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, Jump to Previous Betwixt Bury Dead Ear Field Four Hear Hearken Hundred Land Piece Rest Shekels Silver Value WorthJump to Next Betwixt Bury Dead Ear Field Four Hear Hearken Hundred Land Piece Rest Shekels Silver Value WorthLinks Genesis 23:15 NIVGenesis 23:15 NLT Genesis 23:15 ESV Genesis 23:15 NASB Genesis 23:15 Bible Apps Genesis 23:15 Biblia Paralela Genesis 23:15 Chinese Bible Genesis 23:15 French Bible Genesis 23:15 German Bible Alphabetical: a and between Bury but dead four hundred is land Listen lord me my of piece shekels silver So that the to what worth you your OT Law: Genesis 23:15 My lord listen to me (Gen. Ge Gn) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |