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BrLXXΟὐχὶ, κύριε· ἀκήκοα γὰρ, γῆ τετρακοσίων διδράχμων ἀργύριου· ἀλλὰ τί ἂν εἴη τοῦτο ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ; σὺ δὲ τὸν νεκρόν σου θάψον. (Ouⱪi, kurie; akaʸkoa gar, gaʸ tetrakosiōn didraⱪmōn arguriou; alla ti an eiaʸ touto ana meson emou kai sou; su de ton nekron sou thapson. )
BrTrNay, my lord, I have heard indeed, the land is worth four hundred silver didrachms, but what can this be between me and thee? nay, do thou bury thy dead.
ULT“My lord, listen to me. Land worth 400 shekels of silver, between me and you, what is that? So bury your dead.”
UST“Sir, please listen to me. The land is worth 400 shekels of silver. However since you and I are friends, there is no need for that. Go ahead and bury your deceased wifethere.”
BSB“Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver,[fn] but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”
23:15400 shekels is approximately 10.1 pounds or 4.6 kilograms of silver; also in verse 16.
OEB‘My lord, listen to me; a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and you? Bury your dead.’
WEBBE“My lord, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver[fn] between me and you? Therefore bury your dead.”
23:15A shekel is about 10 grams, so 400 shekels would be about 4 kg. or 8.8 pounds.
NET“Hear me, my lord. The land is worth 400 pieces of silver, but what is that between me and you? So bury your dead.”
LSV“My lord, hear me: the land—four hundred shekels of silver; between me and you, what [is] it? Bury your dead.”
FBV“My lord, please listen to me. The land is worth four hundred pieces of silver.[fn] But what's that between us? Go and bury your dead.”
23:15“Four hundred pieces of silver”: it is generally agreed that this was an exorbitant amount.
T4T“Sir, listen to me. The land is worth 400 pieces of silver. But the price is not important to you and me. Give me the money and bury your wife’s body there.”
LEB“My lord, hear me. A piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver—what is that between me and you? Bury your dead.”
BBEMy lord, give ear to me: the value of the land is four hundred shekels; what is that between me and you? so put your dead to rest there.
JPS'My lord, hearken unto me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.'
ASVMy lord, hearken unto me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
DRAMy lord, hear me. The ground which thou desirest, is worth four hundred sicles of silver: this is the price between me and thee: but what is this? bury thy dead.
YLT'My lord, hear me: the land — four hundred shekels of silver; between me and thee, what [is] it? — thy dead bury.'
DrbyMy lord, hearken to me. A field of four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
RVMy lord, hearken unto me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
WbstrMy lord, hearken to me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
KJB-1769My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. (My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy/your dead. )
KJB-1611My LORD, hearken vnto mee: the land is worth foure hundred shekels of siluer: what is that betwixt mee and thee? bury therefore thy dead. (My LORD, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver: what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy/your dead.)
BshpsMy Lord, hearken vnto me, the lande is worth foure hundred sicles of siluer, what is that betwixt thee and me? bury therfore thy dead. (My Lord, hearken unto me, the land is worth four hundred sicles of silver, what is that betwixt thee/you and me? bury therefore thy/your dead.)
GnvaMy lord, hearken vnto me: ye land is worth foure hundreth shekels of siluer: what is that betweene me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. (My lord, hearken unto me: ye/you_all land is worth four hundreth shekels of silver: what is that between me and thee? bury therefore thy/your dead. )
CvdlHeare me my lorde: The felde is worth foure hundreth Sycles of syluer: but what is that betwixte me and the? Burye thy deed. (Hear me my lorde: The field is worth four hundreth Sycles of silver: but what is that betwixte me and the? Burye thy/your dead.)
Wyclhere thou me, the lond which thou axist is worth foure hundrid siclis of siluer, that is the prijs bitwixe me and thee, but hou myche is this? birie thou thi deed bodi. (here thou/you me, the land which thou/you axist is worth four hundred siclis of silver, that is the price between me and thee/you, but how much is this? birie thou/you thy/your dead bodi.)
LuthMein Herr, höre doch mich! Das Feld ist vierhundert Sekel Silbers wert; was ist das aber zwischen mir und dir? Begrabe nur deinen Toten. (My Lord, listen though/but mich! The Feld is vierhundert Sekel Silbers wert; what/which is the but between to_me and dir? Begrabe nur deinen Toten.)
ClVgDomine mi, audi me: terra, quam postulas, quadringentis siclis argenti valet: istud est pretium inter me et te: sed quantum est hoc? sepeli mortuum tuum. (Domine mi, listen me: terra, how postulas, quadringentis siclis argenti valet: istud it_is pretium between me and te: but quantum it_is hoc? sepeli mortuum tuum. )
Coins did not exist at that time. Rather people paid each other with shekels of silver or gold, which was a weight measurement. Four hundred shekels of silver was about 10 pounds (4.5 kilos) of silver. Many translation teams like to keep the same numbers that are in the Hebrew text in their translation, and then in a footnote give the equivalent amount in their own currency. Other teams put the equivalent amount in the text and put the literal phrase in a footnote. See how you translated shekels of silver in Gen 20:16. Alternate translation: “The field is worth 400 shekels of silver.” or “If I were selling that land, it would cost 400 shekels of silver.”
בֵּינִ֥י וּבֵֽינְךָ֖
between,me and,between,you
Alternate translation: “However, since you and I are friends,” or “But as far as you and I are concerned,”
Decide whether or not a rhetorical question fits here well in your language. Alternate translation: “what significance is that?” or “that is not important.” or “I would not ask you to pay that.”
וְאֶת מֵתְךָ֖ קְבֹֽר
and=DOM dead,your bury
Consider again how you translated “bury … dead” in verses 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, and 15. Alternate translation: “So go ahead and bury your dead wife there.”
Though the patriarch Isaac moved from place to place several times within southern Canaan, compared to his father Abraham and his son Jacob, Isaac appears to have been a bit of a homebody. In fact, unless Isaac resettled in places not recorded in Scripture, the farthest extent he ever traveled appears to have been only about 90 miles (113 km). Yet, as the child of God’s promise to Abraham to build a great nation from his descendants, Isaac’s relatively simple life served as a critical bridge from Abraham to the beginnings of the twelve tribes of Israel, who were descended from Isaac’s son Jacob. It is likely that Isaac was born at Beersheba (see Genesis 21:1-24), and later Abraham offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah (located at Jerusalem; see 2 Chronicles 3:1). Then Abraham, Isaac, and those with them returned to Beersheba (Genesis 22:1-19). When Isaac reached adulthood, his father sent a servant to bring back a bride for him from Aram-naharaim, far north of Canaan. When his bride, Rebekah, arrived, Isaac had just come from Beer-lahai-roi and settled in the Negev (Genesis 24:62). Later Isaac resettled with Rebekah in Beer-lahai-roi, and this may have been where their twins son Esau and Jacob were born. A famine forced Isaac to go to Gerar (Genesis 26:1-6) in “the land of the Philistines.” The distinct people group known as the Philistines in later books of the Bible did not arrive until the time of the Judges, so the term here must have referred to another people group living in this region, and this is supported by the fact that King Abimelech’s name is Semitic, not Aegean (the likely origin of the later Philistines). While Isaac was there, he repeated his father’s error (Genesis 20) by lying to the king that his wife was only his sister. Isaac also became increasingly prosperous at Gerar, so the Philistines told him to leave their region. Isaac moved away from the town of Gerar and settled further away in the valley of Gerar. There he dug a well, but the Philistines claimed it for themselves, so he called it Esek, meaning “argument.” So Isaac’s men dug another well and called it Sitnah (meaning “hostility”), but it led to more quarreling, so he dug yet another well and called it Rehoboth (meaning “open space”). The locations of these two later wells are not certain, but they may have been located near Ruheibeh as shown on this map. Then Isaac moved to Beersheba and built an altar. He also dug a well there, and King Abimelech of the Philistines came and exchanged oaths of peace with him. It was likely at Beersheba that Isaac blessed his sons Esau and Jacob, and both sons eventually left Canaan (see “Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram” map). When Jacob later returned, he traveled to Mamre near Hebron and reunited with Isaac. Sometime after this Isaac died, and Jacob and Esau buried him there.
