15"Listen to me, my lord; the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between me and you? Bury your dead."


In Context

12 Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land

13 and he said to Ephron in their hearing, "Listen to me, if you will. I will pay the price of the field. Accept it from me so I can bury my dead there."

14 Ephron answered Abraham,

15 "Listen to me, my lord; the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between me and you? Bury your dead."

16 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 weight current among the merchants.

17 So Ephron's field in Machpelah near Mamre-both the field and the cave in it, and all the trees within the borders of the field-was deeded

Genesis 23:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:15My lord, hearken unto me: the land [is worth] four hundred shekels of silver; what [is] that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:15My 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:15My 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:15My lord, hearken to me. A field of four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:15My 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:15My lord, hearken to me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:15|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.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:15My lord, hear me: the land — four hundred shekels of silver; between me and thee, what is it? — thy dead bury.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:15My lord, listen to me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that between me and you? bury therefore your dead.