Wesley Corpus

Notes On Old Testament

AuthorJohn Wesley
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YearNone
Passage IDjw-notes-on-old-testament-135
Words111
Catholic Spirit Universal Redemption Primitive Christianity
He would pay for it, lest Ephron, when this good humour was over, should upbraid him with it. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver - About fifty pounds of our money, but what is that between me and thee - He would rather oblige his friend than have so much money. A burying place - 'Tis worth noting, That a burying - place was the first spot of ground Abraham was possessed of in Canaan. That it was the only piece of land he was ever possessed of, tho' it was all his own in reversion. Those that have least of this earth find a grave in it.