Genesis 23:15
My lord, listen to me; the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that between me and you? Therefore, bury your dead.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
“My lord, listen to me. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver. What is that between you and me? Go and bury your dead.”
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
My lord,{H113} hearken{H8085} unto me: a piece of land{H776} worth four{H702} hundred{H3967} shekels{H8255} of silver,{H3701} what is that betwixt{H996} me and thee? bury{H6912} therefore thy dead.{H4191}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
My lord{H113}, hearken{H8085}{(H8798)} unto me: the land{H776} is worth four{H702} hundred{H3967} shekels{H8255} of silver{H3701}; what is that betwixt{H996} me and thee? bury{H6912}{(H8798)} therefore thy dead{H4191}{(H8801)}.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
My LORde harken vnto me. The lande is worth iiij. hundreth sycles of syluer: But what is that betwixte the and me? bury thy deede.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Heare me my lorde: The felde is worth foure hundreth Sycles of syluer: but what is that betwixte me and the? Burye thy deed.
Geneva Bible (1560)
My lord, hearken vnto me: ye land is worth foure hundreth shekels of siluer: what is that betweene me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
My Lord, hearken vnto me, the lande is worth foure hundred sicles of siluer, what is that betwixt thee and me? bury therfore thy dead.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
My lord, hearken unto me: the land [is worth] four hundred shekels of silver; what [is] that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
Webster's Bible (1833)
"My lord, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver between me and you? Therefore bury your dead."
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
`My lord, hear me: the land -- four hundred shekels of silver; between me and thee, what `is' it? -- thy dead bury.'
American Standard Version (1901)
My lord, hearken unto me. A piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that betwixt me and thee? Bury therefore thy dead.
American Standard Version (1901)
My lord, hearken unto me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
My lord, give ear to me: the value of the land is four hundred shekels; what is that between me and you? so put your dead to rest there.
World English Bible (2000)
"My lord, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver between me and you? Therefore bury your dead."
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
“Hear me, my lord. The land is worth 400 pieces of silver, but what is that between me and you? So bury your dead.”
Referenced Verses
- Ezek 45:12 : 12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.
- Exod 30:13 : 13 This they shall give, everyone who is numbered, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs): a half shekel shall be the offering to the LORD.
- Exod 30:15 : 15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel when they give an offering to the LORD, to make atonement for your souls.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Gen 23:2-1413 verses86%
2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba, which is Hebron in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
3 And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
4 I am a stranger and a sojourner among you; give me a possession of a burial place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
6 Hear us, my lord: you are a mighty prince among us; in the choice of our sepulchres bury your dead; none of us will withhold from you his sepulchre, that you may bury your dead.
7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth.
8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your wish that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and ask for me Ephron the son of Zohar,
9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he owns, which is at the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it to me for a possession of a burial place among you.
10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,
11 No, my lord, hear me; I give you the field, and the cave that is in it, I give it to you; in the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you; bury your dead.
12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
13 And he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, But if you will give it, I pray you, hear me; I will give you money for the field; take it from me, and I will bury my dead there.
14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
- Gen 23:16-205 verses86%
16 And Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
17 So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field and the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, which were within all its borders, were deeded
18 To Abraham as a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
19 After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre, that is, Hebron in the land of Canaan.
20 So the field and the cave that is in it were deeded to Abraham by the sons of Heth as a possession for a burial place.
- Gen 49:29-324 verses77%
29 And he charged 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 Hittite,
30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burial place.
31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.
- Gen 25:9-102 verses74%
9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
10 The field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried, and Sarah his wife.
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16 And were carried over into Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem.
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13 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a burying place from Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
- Gen 20:15-162 verses71%
15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before you: live where it pleases you.
16 And to Sarah he said, Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is for you a covering of the eyes, to all that are with you, and with all others: thus she was reproved.
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19 And he bought a piece of land where he had pitched his tent, from the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for one hundred pieces of money.
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32 And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, they buried in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
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9 And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, seventeen shekels of silver.
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5 My father made me swear, saying, Behold, I die: in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray you, and bury my father, and I will come again.
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30 And he said, For these seven ewe lambs you shall take from my hand, that they may be a witness that I have dug this well.