Genesis 23:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. ”

Genesis 23:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- The Death of Sarah 2. ארבע קרית qı̂ryat - 'arba‛ , “Qirjath-arba‘, city of Arba.” ארבע 'arba‛ , “Arba‘, four.” 8. עפרון ‛ eprôn , “‘Ephron, of the dust, or resembling a calf.”...
Genesis 23:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

My lord, hearken unto me: the land [is worth] four hundred (e) shekels of silver; what [is] that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. (e) The common shekel is about 20 pence, so then 400 sh...
Genesis 23:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 23. Abraham Purchases the Cave of Machpelah as a Burying-place of Sarah. This chapter belongs to P, as is shown by its legal precision and the wordiness of its style, by numerous characteri...
Genesis 23:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

what is that. Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
Genesis 23:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver - Though th...
Genesis 23:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Four hundred shekels, &c.— Money, and pieces of money, have been mentioned before, but this is the first place in which shekels are mentioned. Prideaux, who has given us the best estimation o...
Genesis 23:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. The land is worth four hundred shekels, ... - as if Ephr...
Genesis 23:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Death of Sarah and Purchase of the Buryingplace of Machpelah by Abraham This section is from the Priestly source and dwells on the legal transaction.
Genesis 23:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The land is worth... — Our version misses the courtliness of Ephron’s answer, who only fixes the price indirectly, saying, “Land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that betwixt me and th...
Genesis 23:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

PURCHASE OF MACHPELAH Genesis 23:1-20 IT may be supposed to be a needless observation that our life is greatly influenced by the fact that it speedily and certainly ends in death. But it might...
Genesis 23:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Abraham Buys a Burial Place Genesis 23:1-20 Death is an ever-constant monitor that this world is not our home. We rise up from before our dead to confess that we are only strangers and sojourne...
Genesis 23:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We now see Abraham in the midst of personal sorrow, which reveals his character in a remarkable way. Sarah, who had ever been to him a princess, was now taken from his side, which meant the loss of...
Genesis 23:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Genesis 23:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, Gen 23:15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land [is worth] four hundred shekels of silver; what [is] that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. Ve...
Genesis 23:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF SARAH The time arrives for Sarah's death at the age of 127 years. This illustrates another lesson as regards the aftermath of the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus. Sarah is typi...
Genesis 23:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Cave of Machpelah. B. C. 1857. 3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and sp...
Genesis 23:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He speaks of the common shekel, which many value at fifteen pence of English money; but others, more probably, at two shillings and sixpence, rightly, as I conceive, supposing that this was of the sa...
Genesis 23:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, “My lord, hear me. A piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and you. Therefore bury your dead ”.' Ephron seemingly...
Genesis 23:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 23:3 . Stood up from before his dead.] “Abraham must be thought of as ‘weeping over the face’ of Sarah ( 2 Kings 13:14 ), and he rise sup from the face of his dead. ” (...
Genesis 23:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 23:4 . A burying-place. Abraham believed in a future state; therefore he, as well as the other patriarchs, buried his dead. Joseph, actuated by this belief, gave commandment for his bones...
Genesis 23:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Abraham buried Sarah his wife Abraham burying his dead I. CONSIDER HIM AS A MAN. II. CONSIDER HIM AS A MAN OF BUSINESS. 1. His independence ( Genesis 23:4 ; Genesis 23:6 ). 2. His exa...
Genesis 23:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 23:1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old (literally, and the lives of Sarah were an hundred and twenty and seven years ); so that Isaac must have...
Genesis 23:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Purchase of Machpelah
Genesis 23:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

is worth. shekels. Exodus 30:15 Ezekiel 45:12
Genesis 23:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver — About fifty pounds of our money, but what is that between me and thee? — He would rather oblige his friend than have so much money.

Genesis 23:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 23:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 23:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 23:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 23:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 23:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 23:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 23:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 23:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 23:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 23:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 23:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 23:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 23:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 23:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 23:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 23:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 23:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 23:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 23:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 23:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 23:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 23:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 23:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 23:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes