Genesis 23:13 · KJV
“And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou {wilt give it}, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take {it} of me, and I will bury my dead there.”
— Genesis 23:13
And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
Genesis 23 — Context
Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that {is} therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
12And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
13And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou {wilt give it}, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take {it} of me, and I will bury my dead there.
14And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
15My lord, hearken unto me: the land {is worth} four hundred shekels of silver; what {is} that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
Cross References
Romans 13:8
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Acts 20:35
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
2 Samuel 24:24
And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy {it} of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
Genesis 14:22-23
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
Hebrews 13:5
{Let your} conversation {be} without covetousness; {and be} content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Colossians 4:5
Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
Philippians 4:5-8
Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord {is} at hand.