Abraham weighes four hundred shekels of silver for the cave, as in genesis 23:16: "and abraham hearkened unto ephron; and abraham weighed to ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. " (kjv); illustration from the 1728 figures de la bible; illustrated by gerard hoet (1648-1733) and others, and published by p. De hondt in the hague; image courtesy bizzell bible collection, university of oklahoma libraries. Date: 1728.
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