Genesis 23:15
New International Version
15 “Listen to me, my lord; the land is worth four hundred shekels[a] of silver,(A) but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 23:15 That is, about 10 pounds or about 4.6 kilograms
Genesis 23:16
New International Version
16 Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver,(A) according to the weight current among the merchants.(B)
Genesis 37:28
New International Version
28 So when the Midianite(A) merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern(B) and sold(C) him for twenty shekels[a] of silver(D) to the Ishmaelites,(E) who took him to Egypt.(F)
Footnotes
- Genesis 37:28 That is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams
1 Kings 16:24
New International Version
24 He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents[a] of silver and built a city on the hill, calling it Samaria,(A) after Shemer, the name of the former owner of the hill.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 16:24 That is, about 150 pounds or about 68 kilograms
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