Gênesis 23:15

15 “Ouça-me, meu senhor: aquele pedaço de terra vale quatrocentas peças de prata, mas o que significa isso entre mim e você? Sepulte a sua mulher”.

Gênesis 23:15 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 23:15

My lord, hearken unto me
Since it is your mind to buy the field, and not receive it as a gift, then hear what I have to say as to the value of it: the land [is worth] four hundred shekels of silver;
which, reckoning a shekel at two shillings and sixpence, comes to fifty pounds of our money; what [is] that betwixt thee and me?
between two persons so rich, the sum was trifling and inconsiderable, whether the one paid it, and the other received it, or not; or between two such friends it was not worth speaking of, it was no matter whether it was paid or not: or else the sense is, between us both it is honestly worth so much; it is a good bargain, and must be owned to be so, what is it? the sum is so small, and it is so clearly the worth of it, that there needs no more to be said about it: bury therefore thy dead:
in it, and give thyself no more trouble and concern about it.

Gênesis 23:15 In-Context

13 e disse a Efrom, sendo ouvido por todos: “Ouça-me, por favor. Pagarei o preço do campo. Aceite-o, para que eu possa sepultar a minha mulher”.

14 Efrom respondeu a Abraão:

15 “Ouça-me, meu senhor: aquele pedaço de terra vale quatrocentas peças de prata, mas o que significa isso entre mim e você? Sepulte a sua mulher”.

16 Abraão concordou com Efrom e pesou-lhe o valor por ele estipulado diante dos hititas: quatrocentas peças de prata, de acordo com o peso corrente entre os mercadores.

17 Assim o campo de Efrom em Macpela, perto de Manre, o próprio campo com a caverna que nele há e todas as árvores dentro das divisas do campo, foi transferido