Objects
shekel
Shekels of silver are used to value Abraham's purchase from Ephron, to pay for Joseph when his brothers sell him, and Joseph gives Benjamin three hundred shekels of silver in Genesis 45.
Category
Objects
First mention
Genesis 23:15
Tags
2
Genesis 23, 37, 45Commerce
Scripture references
- Genesis 23:15
a plot of land for four hundred shekels of silver...
- Genesis 23:16
four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current commercial rate.
- Genesis 37:28
They sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver, and these men took Joseph to Egypt.
- Genesis 45:22
To each and every one he gave new clothes, and to Benjamin three hundred shekels of silver and five changes of clothes.