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Genesis 23:16-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Genesis 23:16-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
16 Abraham agreed with Ephron, and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver that he had named in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants.(A)
17 So the field of Ephron in Machpelah, which was to the east of Mamre, the field with the cave that was in it and all the trees that were in the field, throughout its whole area, passed(B) 18 to Abraham as a possession in the presence of the Hittites, in the presence of all who went in at the gate of his city.
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