 | Isaac Taylor - 1836 - 462 pages
...the produce is worth. Gold mines, too, are always in miserable districts. In Chili, where gold, 2 H silver, and copper, are found, it is a common saying?...purity, lustre, and value, silver is next to gold. It is sometimes found in a metallic state, and is then called native silver: but more commonly it is... | |
 | Arthur Latham Perry - 1877 - 390 pages
...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... | |
 | Maine. Bureau of Industrial and Labor Statistics - 1900 - 204 pages
...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... | |
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Abraham, when he purchased the field and cave of Machpelah for four hundred shekels of silver. 