Genesis 23:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““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.””
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““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.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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 · Public Domain“`My lord, hear me: the land--four hundred shekels of silver; between me and thee, what <FI>is<Fi> it? --thy dead bury.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 23:15 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 33:19And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.
- Exodus 30:13Everyone 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.
- Exodus 30:15In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less.
- Job 28:1“Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.
- Ezekiel 45:12The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina.
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