Gen 23:15-16 | TSK | e4.org | is worth Though the words "is worth" are not in the Text, yet they are clearly implied, to adapt the Hebrew to the English idiom. A shekel, according to the general opinion, was equal in value to about 2s. 6d. of our money, but according to Dr. Prideaux, 3s. English. In those early times, money was given in weight; for it is said ( ) that "Abraham weighed," wayishkal , the silver; and hence, we find that it was a certain weight which afterwards passed as a current coin; for the word shekel is not only used to denote a piece of silver, but also to weigh. shekels ;

‏ Genesis 23:15-16

is worth Though the words "is worth" are not in the Text, yet they are clearly implied, to adapt the Hebrew to the English idiom. A shekel, according to the general opinion, was equal in value to about 2s. 6d. of our money, but according to Dr. Prideaux, 3s. English. In those early times, money was given in weight; for it is said (Gen 23:16) that "Abraham weighed," wayishkal, the silver; and hence, we find that it was a certain weight which afterwards passed as a current coin; for the word shekel is not only used to denote a piece of silver, but also to weigh.

shekels Exod 30:15; Ezek 45:12

weighed Gen 43:21; Ezra 8:25-30; Job 28:15; Jer 32:9; Zech 11:12; Matt 7:12; Rom 13:8; Phil 4:8; 1Thess 4:6

four Gen 23:15; Exod 30:13; Ezek 45:12