Genesis 23:16

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Genesis 23:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

14 Ephron answered Abraham,

15 “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.”

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 standard of the merchants.

17 So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field were deeded over

18 to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.

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Ezra 8:28

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