Jeremiah 32:9 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 32:9

So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver.

BSB

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ASV

And I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel mine uncle’s son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.

KJV

And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle’s son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Seventeen shekels of silver - literally, as in the margin, probably a legal formula. Jeremiah bought Hanameel’s life-interest up to the year of Jubilee, and no man’s life was worth much in a siege like that of Jerusalem. As Jeremiah had no children, at his death the land would devolve to the person who would have inherited it had Jeremiah not bought it. He therefore bought what never was and never could have been of the slightest use to him, and gave for it what in the growing urgency of the siege might have been very serviceable to himself.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

4d.., the whole would be under Â£2, a rather small sum, even taking into account the fact of the Chaldean occupation of the land, and the uncertainty of the time when it might come to Jeremiah or his heirs. Perhaps the "seven shekels," which in the Hebrew (see Margin) are distinguished from the "ten pieces of silver," were shekels of gold [MAURER].

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וָֽאֶקְנֶה֙	va.'ek.Neh	and I bought	H7069 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה	ha.sa.Deh	the field	H7704 →
מֵאֵ֛ת	me.'Et	from with	H854 →
חֲנַמְאֵ֥ל	cha.nam.'El	Hanamel	H2601 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
דֹּדִ֖י	do.Di	uncle my	H1730 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
בַּעֲנָת֑וֹת	ba.'a.na.Tot	[was] at Anathoth	H6068 →
וָֽאֶשְׁקֲלָה־	va.'esh.ka.lah-	and I weighed out !	H8254 →
לּוֹ֙	lo	for <the> him
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַכֶּ֔סֶף	ha.Ke.sef	the silver	H3701 →
שִׁבְעָ֥ה	shiv.'Ah	[was] seven	H7651 →
שְׁקָלִ֖ים	she.ka.Lim	shekels	H8255 →
וַעֲשָׂרָ֥ה	va.'a.sa.Rah	and ten	H6235 →
הַכָּֽסֶף׃	ha.Ka.sef	the silver	H3701 →

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Genesis 37:28
So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
leads to
- Acts 7:9
  Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
- Psalms 105:17
  He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.
- Genesis 25:2
  and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
- Genesis 45:4–5
  Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt!
- Genesis 37:25
  And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to…
Through
1 Kings 20:39
As the king passed by, he cried out to the king: “Your servant had marched out into the middle of the battle, when suddenly a man came over with a captive and told me,…
leads to
- 2 Kings 10:24
  And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside and warned them, “If anyone allows one of the men I am delivering into your hands to…
- Proverbs 13:8
  Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.
- Judges 9:7–20
  When this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: “Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem, and may God listen to you.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Jeremiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Jeremiah