The Meaning of Genesis 23:15 Explained

Genesis 23:15

KJV: 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.

YLT: My lord, hear me: the land -- four hundred shekels of silver; between me and thee, what is it? -- thy dead bury.'

Darby: My lord, hearken to me. A field of four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

ASV: 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.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Genesis 23:15?

MEANING: What does Genesis 23:15 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Genesis 23:15 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Genesis 23:15?

What is the context of Genesis 23:15?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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.

What does Genesis 23:15 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 23:1-20 - Abraham Buys A Burial Place

Death is an ever-constant monitor that this world is not our home. We rise up from before our dead to confess that we are only strangers and sojourners on the earth. Though the whole country, by God's deed and gift, belonged to Abraham, it had not as yet been made over; hence the necessity for this deliberate purchase with all the stately formalities of the leisured East. Abraham's insistence on buying this grave, and the care with which the negotiations were pursued, show that he realized that his descendants would come again into that land and possess it. It was as though he felt that he and Sarah should lie there awaiting the return of their children and children's children. See also Genesis 49:29-30. So the graves of the martyrs and of missionaries who have fallen at the post of duty are the silent outposts that hold those lands for Christ, as the graves of the saints await the Second Advent. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 23

¹ The age and death of Sarah
³ The purchase of the field and cave of Machpelah;
¹⁹ where Sarah is buried

What do the individual words in Genesis 23:15 mean?

My lord listen to me The land [is worth] four hundred shekels of silver between me and you what [is] that so your dead bury

אֲדֹנִ֣י שְׁמָעֵ֔נִי אֶרֶץ֩ אַרְבַּ֨ע מֵאֹ֧ת שֶֽׁקֶל־ כֶּ֛סֶף בֵּינִ֥י וּבֵֽינְךָ֖ מַה־ ؟ הִ֑וא וְאֶת־ מֵתְךָ֖ קְבֹֽר

אֲדֹנִ֣י	My lord
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular Root: אָדֹון Sense: firm, strong, lord, master.
שְׁמָעֵ֔נִי	listen to me
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular, first person common singular Root: שָׁמַע Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
אֶרֶץ֩	The land
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct Root: אֶרֶץ Sense: land, earth.
אַרְבַּ֨ע	[is worth] four
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct Root: אַרְבַּע Sense: four.
מֵאֹ֧ת	hundred
Parse: Number, feminine plural construct Root: מֵאָה Sense: hundred.
שֶֽׁקֶל־	shekels
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: שֶׁקֶל Sense: shekel.
כֶּ֛סֶף	of silver
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: כֶּסֶף Sense: silver, money.
בֵּינִ֥י	between me
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular Root: בַּיִן Sense: between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between.
וּבֵֽינְךָ֖	and you
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition, second person masculine singular Root: בַּיִן Sense: between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between.
מַה־	what [is]
Parse: Interrogative Root: לָמָּה Sense: what, how, of what kind.
؟ הִ֑וא	that
Parse: Pronoun, third person feminine singular Root: הוּא Sense: he, she, it.
וְאֶת־	so
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
מֵתְךָ֖	your dead
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular Root: מוּת Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
קְבֹֽר	bury
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular Root: קָבַר Sense: to bury.

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