...than the produce is worth. Gold mines, too, are always in miserable districts. In Chili, where gold, silver, and copper, are found, it is a common saying,...purity, lustre, and value, silver is next to gold, though in regard to weight lighter than lead. It is sometimes found in a metallic state, and is then...

...detailed commercial transaction on record, which was the purchase by Abraham 1 from the sons of Heth of the field and cave of Machpelah for four hundred shekels of silver, any one skilled to read between the lines may easily discover the evidence of the satisfaction of the...

...Christian era dawned, Abraham, as an eminent economic writer, cites it from the Scriptures, bought the field and cave of Machpelah for four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. Biblical authority is silent as to the nature of the title Abraham...

...the Christian era dawned, Abraham, as an eminent economic writer cites it from the Scriptures, bought the field and cave of Machpelah for four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. Biblical authority is silent as to the nature of the title Abraham...