Genesis 23:13

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

He said to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, “If you only will listen to me! I will give the price of the field; accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”

Cross References

Genesis 23:12

Then Abraham bowed down before the people of the land.

Genesis 23:14

Ephron answered Abraham,

Genesis 33:19

And from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, he bought for one hundred pieces of money the plot of land on which he had pitched his tent.

2 Samuel 24:24

But the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will buy them from you for a price; I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

Acts 20:35

In all this I have given you an example that by such work we must support the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, for he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”

Romans 13:8

Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

Colossians 4:5

Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time.

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, for he himself has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you.”