 | Adam Smith - 1789 - 526 pagina’s
...finenefs, but not tjhe weight of the metal. Abraham weighs to Ephron the four hundred fhekels of filver which he had agreed to pay for the field of Machpelah. They are faid however to be the current money' of the merchant, and yet are received by weight and not by tale,... | |
 | 1797 - 980 pagina’s
...finenefs, but not the weight of the metal. Abraham weighs to Ephron the four hundred fhekcls of filver which he had agreed to pay for the field of Machpelah. They are faid however to be the current money of the merchant, and yet are received by weight and not by tale,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1809 - 372 pagina’s
...the whole surface, ascertains the fineness but not the weight of the metal. Abraham weighs to Ephron the four hundred shekels of silver which he had agreed...the field of Machpelah. They are said, however, to be the current money of the merchant, and yet are received by weight and not by tale, in the same manner... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1812 - 520 pagina’s
...finenefs, but not the weight of the metal. Abraham weighs to Ephron the four hundred fhekels of filver which he had agreed to pay for the field of Machpelah. They are faid however to be the current money of the merchant, and yet are received by weight and not by tale,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1812 - 582 pagina’s
...finenefs, but not the weight of the metal. Abraham weighs to Ephron the four hundred fhekcls of filver which he had agreed to pay for the field of Machpelah. They are faid however to be the current money of the merchant, and yet are received by weight and not by tale,... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1813 - 434 pagina’s
...coining money. In ancient times gold and silver always passed by weight. Abraham weighed to Ephron the four hundred shekels of silver which he had agreed...merchant ; and yet were received by weight and not by tale, in the same manner that ingots of gold and bars of silver are at present. Money was for a long... | |
 | John Wade - 1833 - 674 pagina’s
...about the quantity to be given, that quantity was then weighed off. Abraham weighs to Ephroo the 400 shekels of silver, which he had agreed to pay for the field of Machpelah. The use of the metals in this state would be attended with two inconveniences ; besides the trouble,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1838 - 476 pagina’s
...the whole surface, ascertains the fineness, but not the weight of the metal. Abraham weighs to Ephron the four hundred shekels of silver which he had agreed to pay for tile field of Alachpelah. They are said, however, to be the current money of the merchant, and yet... | |
 | 1843 - 350 pagina’s
...the whole surface, ascertains the fineness, but not the weight of the metal. Abraham weighs to Ephron the four hundred shekels of silver, which he had agreed...the field of Machpelah. They are said, however, to be the current money of the merchant, and yet are received by weight, and not by tale, in the same... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1875 - 808 pagina’s
...the whole surface, ascertains the fineness, but not the weight of the metal. Abraham weighs to Ephron the four hundred shekels of silver which he had agreed...for the field of Machpelah. They are said however to be the current money of the merchant, and yet are received by weight and not by tale, in the same manner... | |
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... but not the weight of the metal. Abraham weighs to Ephron the four hundred shekels of silver which he had agreed to pay for the field of Machpelah. 
