Genesis 23:15
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 23:15 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 23:15 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury there..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
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.”
— Genesis 23:15 (KJV)
Genesis 23:15 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 23:15
“And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 23:15: lord, hundred, shekels
“And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 23:15: lord, land, four
“And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. an...: or, the land of an homer, etc”
Shares key themes with Genesis 23:15: lord, land, shekels
“Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:”
Shares key themes with Genesis 23:15: four, hundred, shekels
“Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 23:15: lord, hearken, land
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