1. ארבע קרית qı̂ryat - 'arba‛, “Qirjath-arba‘, city of Arba.” ארבע 'arba‛ — “Arba‘, four.”…

Abraham weighed ... current money with the merchant.

Shekel literally means "weight," and money was not coined unt…

And Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver. I do not know what had come into Jerome’s mind when he says that one letter was removed from Eph…

And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron He agreed at once to give him the sum proposed, judging it to be a moderate price betwe…

Prudence, as well as justice, directs us to be fair and open in our dealings; cheating bargains will not bear the light. Abraham, without fraud or …