Genesis 23:15-16

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15 G3780 Not so G2962 O lord, G191 for I heard G1063 G5071 four hundred G1323 double-drachmas G694 of silver; G235 but G5100 what G302 ever G1510.4 may this be G3778 G303.1 between G1473 me G2532 and G1473 you? G1473 But you G1161 G3588 G3498 [²your dead G1473 G2290 ¹entomb]!

16 G2532 And G191 Abraham hearkened G* G3588 G* to Ephron. G2532 And G600 Abraham restored G* G3588 to G* Ephron G3588 the G694 silver, G3739 which G2980 he spoke G1519 into G3588 the G3775 ears G3588 of the G5207 sons G* of Heth -- G5071 four hundred G1323 double-drachmas G694 [²silver G1384 ¹of unadulterated] G1713 of merchants.

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is worth.Though the words "is worth" are not in the Text, yet they are clearly implied, to adapt the Hebrew to the English idiom. A shekel, according to the general opinion, was equal in value to about 2s. 6d. of our money, but according to Dr. Prideaux, 3s. English. In those early times, money was given in weight; for it is said (ver. 16.) that "Abraham weighed," {wayishkal,} the silver; and hence, we find that it was a certain weight which afterwards passed as a current coin; for the word shekel is not only used to denote a piece of sliver, but also to weigh.
shekels.
Exodus 30:15; Ezekiel 45:12