Genesis 23:8-16
entreat 1Kgs 2:17; Luke 7:3-4; Heb 7:26; 1John 2:1-2 much money Heb. full money, Rom 12:17, Rom 13:8 dwelt Or, sitting (as the word frequently denotes) among the children of Heth, at the gate of the city, where all public business was transacted. Ephron, though a chief man, might have been personally unknown to Abraham; but now he answers for himself, making a free tender of the field and cave to Abraham, in the presence of all the people, which amounted to a legal conveyance to the Patriarch. audience Heb. ears all that Gen 23:18, Gen 34:20, Gen 34:24; Ruth 4:1-4; Job 29:7; Isa 28:6 his Gen 24:10; Matt 9:1; Luke 2:3-4 my lord Gen 23:6; 2Sam 24:20-24; 1Chr 21:22-24; Isa 32:8 in the Gen 23:18; Num 35:30; Deut 17:6, Deut 19:15; Ruth 4:1, Ruth 4:4, Ruth 4:9, Ruth 4:11; Jer 32:7-12; Luke 19:24 Gen 23:7, Gen 18:2, Gen 19:1 I will Gen 14:22-23; 2Sam 24:24; Acts 20:35; Rom 13:8; Phil 4:5-8; Col 4:5; Heb 13:5 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
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