Discovery BoxGenesis 23:15 
Context23:15 “Hear me, my lord. The land is worth 1 400 pieces of silver, 2 but what is that between me and you? So bury your dead.”
Genesis 32:18
Context32:18 then you must say, 3 ‘They belong 4 to your servant Jacob. 5 They have been sent as a gift to my lord Esau. 6 In fact Jacob himself is behind us.’” 7
1 tn The word “worth” has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 sn Four hundred pieces of silver. The standards for weighing money varied considerably in the ancient Near East, but the generally accepted weight for the shekel is 11.5 grams (0.4 ounce). This makes the weight of silver here 4.6 kilograms, or 160 ounces (about 10 pounds).
3 tn The form is the perfect tense with the vav (ו) consecutive; it has the nuance of an imperfect of instruction.
4 tn The words “they belong” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
5 tn Heb “to your servant, to Jacob.”
6 tn Heb “to my lord, to Esau.”
7 tn Heb “and look, also he [is] behind us.” The referent of the pronoun “he” (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
