Genesis 23:14

14 Ephron answered

Genesis 23:14 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 23:14

And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him.
] The following words:

Genesis 23:14 In-Context

12 But Abraham bowed before the Hittites

13 and said to Ephron, so that everyone could hear, "May I ask you, please, to listen. I will buy the whole field. Accept my payment, and I will bury my wife there."

14 Ephron answered

15 "Sir, land worth only four hundred pieces of silver - what is that between us? Bury your wife in it."

16 Abraham agreed and weighed out the amount that Ephron had mentioned in the hearing of the people - four hundred pieces of silver, according to the standard weights used by the merchants.