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Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants’ standard.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 16. Sicles. About £50. Bible.—It was no simony to buy land for a sepulchre, as it was not blessed. Menochius.—Current money, was such as passed among merchants, though probably not yet coined in any part of the world; and therefore we find, that Abraham and others weigh the pieces of silver or gold. In this manner were bargains concluded before witnesses, who in those days supplied the want of writings and lawyers. Calmet.
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