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# Abraham weighed out to Ephron the amount of silver
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"Abraham weighed the silver and gave Ephron the amount" or "Abraham counted out to Ephron the amount of silver"
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# the amount of silver that he had spoken
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"the amount of silver that Ephron had said"
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# in the hearing of the sons of Heth
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The abstract noun "the hearing" can be stated as "hear" or "listening." Alternate translation: "so that all the sons of Heth could hear him" or "while all the sons of Heth were listening" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# the sons of Heth
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Here "sons" stands for those who descended from Heth. See how you translated this in [Genesis 23:3](../23/03.md). Alternate translation: "the descendants of Heth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
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# according to the standard measurement of the merchants
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"using the standard measurement of weight that merchants used." This can be stated as a new sentence. Alternate translation: "He weighed the silver the same way that the merchants used to weigh it"
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