Genesis 23:9

23:9 if he will sell ¹  me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me publicly ²  for the full price, ³  so that I may own it as a burial site.”

Genesis 23:13

23:13 and said to Ephron in their hearing, “Hear me, if you will. I pay ⁴  to you the price ⁵  of the field. Take it from me so that I may ⁶  bury my dead there.”

Genesis 23:16

23:16 So Abraham agreed to Ephron’s price ⁷  and weighed ⁸  out for him ⁹  the price ¹⁰  that Ephron had quoted ¹¹  in the hearing of the sons of Heth – 400 pieces of silver, according to the standard measurement at the time. ¹² 

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¹ tn Heb “give.” This is used here (also a second time later in this verse) as an idiom for “sell”; see the note on the word “grant” in v. 4.

² tn Heb “in your presence.”

³ tn Heb “silver.”

⁴ tn Heb “give.”

⁵ tn Heb “silver.”

⁶ tn After the imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction expresses purpose or result.

⁷ tn Heb “listened to Ephron.”

⁸ tn Heb “and Abraham weighed out.”

⁹ tn Heb “to Ephron.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹⁰ tn Heb “silver.”

¹¹ tn Heb “that he had spoken.” The referent (Ephron) has been specified here in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

¹² tn Heb “passing for the merchant.” The final clause affirms that the measurement of silver was according to the standards used by the merchants of the time.