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# Please, my master, listen to me
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"Hear me, my master" or "Listen to me, kind sir"
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# my master
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This phrase is used to show respect to Abraham.
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# A piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and you?
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Ephron meant that since he and Abraham were both so wealthy, 400 pieces of silver was a small amount. This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "The piece of land is worth only four hundred shekels of silver. For you and me, that is nothing." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# four hundred shekels of silver
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This is about 4.5 kilograms of silver. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-bweight]])
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# four hundred
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"400" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]])
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# Bury your dead
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The nominal adjective "dead" can be stated as a verb or simply as "wife." Alternate translation: "Go bury your wife who has died" or "Go bury your wife" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-nominaladj]])
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