Genesis 23:16 - The Scriptures 1998

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ So Abraham listened to what Ephron said and acted upon it. He weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: 400 shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Abraham accepted Ephron’s offer and weighed out for Ephron the silver he requested publicly before the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver at the current rate of exchange.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And when Abraham had heard this, he weighed out the money that Ephron had requested, in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, of the approved public currency.

Genesis 23:16 Cross References

Genesis 23:15

“My master, listen to me! The land is worth four hundred sheqels of silver. What is that between you and me? So bury your dead.”

Genesis 43:21

but it came to be, when we came to the lodging place, that we opened our sacks and saw each man’s silver in the mouth of his sack, our silver in its weight. And we have brought it back in our hand.

Genesis 49:29

And he commanded them, and said to them, “I am to be gathered to my people, bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Ḥ

Genesis 50:13

for his sons brought him to the land of Kenaʽ

2 Samuel 14:26

And when he cut the hair of his head – for it was at every year’s end that he cut it because it was heavy on him – when he cut it, he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred sheqels by the sovereign’s weight.

2 Samuel 24:24

And the sovereign said to Arawnah, “No, let me buy it from you for a price, for certain. I am not offering burnt offerings to יהוה  my Elohim without cost.” So Dawiḏ

Job 28:15

Gold is not given for it, nor is silver weighed out as its price.

Exodus 30:13

“Everyone among those who are registered is to give this: half a sheqel according to the sheqel of the set-apart place, twenty gĕ

Jeremiah 32:10

“And I signed the deed and sealed it, took witnesses, and weighed the silver in the scales.

Jeremiah 32:9

“And I bought the field which was at Anathoth from Ḥ

Ezekiel 45:12

“And the sheqel is twenty gĕ

Zechariah 11:12

And I said to them, “If it is good in your eyes, give me my wages. And if not, refrain.” So they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.

Matthew 7:12

“Therefore, whatever you wish men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Torah and the Prophets.

Acts 7:16

and they were brought over to Sheḵ

Romans 13:8

Owe no one any matter except to love one another, for he who loves another has filled the Torah.

Philippians 4:8

For the rest, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is righteous, whatever is clean, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good report, if there is any uprightness and if there is any praise – think on these.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

not to overstep and take advantage of his brother in this matter, because the Master is the revenger of all such, as we indeed said to you before and earnestly warned.