Genesis 23:15
New International Version
“Listen to me, my lord; the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

New Living Translation
“My lord, please listen to me. The land is worth 400 pieces of silver, but what is that between friends? Go ahead and bury your dead.”

English Standard Version
“My lord, listen to me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

Berean Standard Bible
“Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
“My lord, listen to me; the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver. What is that between you and me? So bury your dead.”

New American Standard Bible
“My lord, listen to me: a plot of land worth four hundred shekels of silver—what is that between me and you? So bury your dead.”

NASB 1995
“My lord, listen to me; a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and you? So bury your dead.”

NASB 1977
“My lord, listen to me; a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and you? So bury your dead.”

Legacy Standard Bible
“My lord, hear me; a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and you? So bury your dead.”

Amplified Bible
“My lord, listen to me. The land [you seek] is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that between you and me? So bury your dead.”

Christian Standard Bible
“My lord, listen to me. Land worth four hundred shekels of silver —what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My lord, listen to me. Land worth 400 shekels of silver—what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

American Standard Version
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“My Lord, hear me; the land is four hundred shekels of money. What is it between me and you? Bury your dead.”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Nay, my lord, I have heard indeed, the land is worth four hundred silver didrachms, but what can this be between me and thee? nay, do thou bury thy dead.

Douay-Rheims Bible
My lord, hear me. The ground which thou desirest, is worth four hundred sicles of silver: this is the price between me and thee: but what is this? bury thy dead.

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Sir, listen to me. The land is worth ten pounds of silver. What is that between us? Bury your wife!"

Good News Translation
"Sir, land worth only four hundred pieces of silver--what is that between us? Bury your wife in it."

International Standard Version
"Sir, listen to me! The land is worth 400 shekels of silver, but what's that between us? You may bury your dead."

JPS Tanakh 1917
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.'

Literal Standard Version
“My lord, hear me: the land—four hundred shekels of silver; between me and you, what [is] it? Bury your dead.”

Majority Standard Bible
“Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

New American Bible
sir, listen to me! A piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver—what is that between you and me? Bury your dead!”

NET Bible
"Hear me, my lord. The land is worth 400 pieces of silver, but what is that between me and you? So bury your dead."

New Revised Standard Version
“My lord, listen to me; a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver—what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

New Heart English Bible
"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."

Webster's Bible Translation
My lord, hearken to me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

World English Bible
“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
My lord, hear me: the land -- four hundred shekels of silver; between me and thee, what is it? -- thy dead bury.'

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Death and Burial of Sarah
14Ephron answered Abraham, 15“Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.” 16Abraham 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.…

Cross References
Genesis 23:14
Ephron answered Abraham,

Exodus 30:13
Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.

Ezekiel 45:12
The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina.


Treasury of Scripture

My lord, listen to me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that between me and you? bury therefore your dead.

is worth.

Genesis 23:16
And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

shekels.

Exodus 30:15
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.

Ezekiel 45:12
And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.

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Genesis 23
1. The age and death of Sarah.
3. The purchase of the field and cave of Machpelah;
19. where Sarah is buried.














(15) The land is worth . . . --Our version misses the courtliness of Ephron's answer, who only fixes the price indirectly, saying, "Land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that betwixt me and thee?" The money amounts to about 50, no mean price, considering the high value of silver in those days.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
“Listen to me,
שְׁמָעֵ֔נִי (šə·mā·‘ê·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

my lord.
אֲדֹנִ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller

The land
אֶרֶץ֩ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

[is worth] four
אַרְבַּ֨ע (’ar·ba‘)
Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's 702: Four

hundred
מֵאֹ֧ת (mê·’ōṯ)
Number - feminine plural construct
Strong's 3967: A hundred

shekels
שֶֽׁקֶל־ (še·qel-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8255: A weight, a commercial standard

of silver,
כֶּ֛סֶף (ke·sep̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3701: Silver, money

but what
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

is that
הִ֑וא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

between you and me?
בֵּינִ֥י (bê·nî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 996: An interval, space between

Bury
קְבֹֽר׃ (qə·ḇōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 6912: To inter

your dead.”
מֵתְךָ֖ (mê·ṯə·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill


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