KJV King James Version
And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle’s son, that [was] in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, [even] seventeen shekels of silver.
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Jeremiah 32:9
And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle’s son, that [was] in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, [even] seventeen shekels of silver.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver.
WEB World English Bible
I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.
ASV American Standard Version
And I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel mine uncle’s son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I buy the field, that is in Anathoth, from Hanameel, my uncle’s son, and I weigh to him the money—seventeen shekels of silver.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 32
6 And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
7 Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that [is] in Anathoth: for the right of redemption [is] thine to buy [it].
8 So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that [is] in Anathoth, which [is] in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance [is] thine, and the redemption [is] thine; buy [it] for thyself. Then I knew that this [was] the word of the LORD.
9 And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle’s son, that [was] in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, [even] seventeen shekels of silver.
10 And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed [it], and took witnesses, and weighed [him] the money in the balances.
11 So I took the evidence of the purchase, [both] that which was sealed [according] to the law and custom, and that which was open:
12 And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle’s [son], and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.
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וָֽאֶקְנֶה֙H7069 · qa.nahto buyאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַשָּׂדֶ֔הH7704 · sa.daySirionמֵאֵ֛תH854 · etwithחֲנַמְאֵ֥לH2601 · cha.nam.elHanamelבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childדֹּדִ֖יH1730 · dodbelovedאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichבַּעֲנָת֑וֹתH6068 · a.na.totAnathothוָֽאֶשְׁקֲלָה־H8254 · sha.qalto weighלּוֹ֙H9033 · ohimאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַכֶּ֔סֶףH3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyשִׁבְעָ֥הH7651 · she.vasevenשְׁקָלִ֖יםH8255 · she.qelshekelוַעֲשָׂרָ֥הH6235 · e.sertenהַכָּֽסֶף׃H3701 · ke.sephsilver: money
Cross-references
Zechariah 11:12-13And I said unto them, If ye think good, give [me] my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty [pieces] of silver.1 Kings 20:39And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.Esther 3:9If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring [it] into the king’s treasuries.Genesis 23:15-16My 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 37:28Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty [pieces] of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.Hosea 3:2So I bought her to me for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and [for] an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:Isaiah 55:2Wherefore do ye spend money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour for [that which] satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye [that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
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