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14 Ephron answered Abraham, 15 “Sir, listen to me. Ten pounds[a] of silver mean nothing to you or me. Take the land and bury your dead wife.”

16 Abraham understood that Ephron was telling him the price of the land.[b] So Abraham paid him for the land. He weighed out ten pounds of silver for Ephron and gave it to the merchant.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 23:15 Ten pounds Literally, “400 shekels” (4.6 kg). Also in verse 16.
  2. Genesis 23:16 Abraham understood … the land Literally, “Abraham heard.”
  3. Genesis 23:16 merchant Someone who earns their living by buying and selling things. Here, this is probably a person who was helping Abraham and Ephron write the contract in verses 17 and 18.

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