Genesis 23:16
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 23
“And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.”Genesis 23:16
What Does Genesis 23:16 Mean?
Genesis 23:16 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 23, verse 16 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Genesis 23:16 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Genesis 25:10“The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.”Jeremiah 32:9“And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle’s son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.”Zechariah 11:12“And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.”Acts 7:16“And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.”Genesis 50:13“For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.”Genesis 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.”Genesis 43:21“And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.”Genesis 49:30“In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.”Genesis 49:31“There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.”Exodus 30:13“This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.”Ruth 4:9“And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.”2 Samuel 14:26“And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.”Ezra 8:25“And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:”Esther 3:9“If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.”Job 28:15“It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.”Isaiah 33:18“Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?”Ezekiel 45:12“And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.”Joel 1:17“The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.”Matthew 7:12“Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.”Romans 13:8“Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.”
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