Génesis 23:15

Listen to Génesis 23:15
15 鈥擬i se帽or, por favor, esc煤cheme. El campo vale cuatrocientas monedas
de plata, 驴pero qu茅 es eso entre amigos? Vaya y entierre a su esposa.

Génesis 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.

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Génesis 23:15 In-Context

13 y respondi贸 a Efr贸n a o铆dos de todos.
鈥擭o, esc煤cheme. Yo se lo comprar茅. Perm铆tame pagar el precio total del campo, para poder enterrar all铆 a mi esposa.
14 Efr贸n respondi贸 a Abraham:
15 鈥擬i se帽or, por favor, esc煤cheme. El campo vale cuatrocientas monedas
de plata, 驴pero qu茅 es eso entre amigos? Vaya y entierre a su esposa.
16 Abraham estuvo de acuerdo con el precio sugerido por Efr贸n y pag贸 la cantidad total: cuatrocientas monedas de plata, pesadas seg煤n la norma de los comerciantes; y los ancianos hititas presenciaron la transacci贸n.
17 As铆 fue que Abraham compr贸 la parcela que pertenec铆a a Efr贸n en Macpela, cerca de Mamre. La parcela constaba del campo, la cueva y todos los 谩rboles que la rodeaban.
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