Genesis 23:16 meaning and explanation
Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
Genesis 23:16, Berean Standard Bible
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Abraham has just lost Sarah, and as a resident foreigner in Canaan he needs a secure burial place. Ephron the Hittite offers the field and cave as a gift, but Abraham insists on paying, and here he weighs out four hundred shekels of silver at the merchants' standard, the accepted weight for trade.
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