Verse 8
Genesis 23:8
Bible in Basic English
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And he said to them, If you will let me put my dead to rest here, make a request for me to Ephron, the son of Zohar,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר אִתָּ֖/ם לֵ/אמֹ֑ר אִם יֵ֣שׁ אֶֽת נַפְשְׁ/כֶ֗ם לִ/קְבֹּ֤ר אֶת מֵתִ/י֙ מִ/לְּ/פָנַ֔/י שְׁמָע֕וּ/נִי וּ/פִגְעוּ לִ֖/י בְּ/עֶפְר֥וֹן בֶּן צֹֽחַר
English Translation
And he spoke to them, saying, "If you have a mind to bury your dead from before me, hear me, and entreat for me with Ephron the son of Zohar."
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Chapter 23 Context
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Now the years of Sarah's life were a hundred and twenty-seven.
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And Sarah's death took place in Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan: and Abraham we...
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And Abraham came from his dead and said to the children of Heth,
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I am living among you as one from a strange country: give me some land here as my property, so that...
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And in answer the children of Heth said to Abraham,
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My lord, truly you are a great chief among us; take the best of our resting-places for your dead; no...
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And Abraham got up and gave honour to the children of Heth, the people of that land.
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And he said to them, If you will let me put my dead to rest here, make a request for me to Ephron, t...
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That he will give me the hollow in the rock named Machpelah, which is his property at the end of his...
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Now Ephron was seated among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite gave Abraham his answer in...
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No, my lord, I will give you the field with the hollow in the rock; before all the children of my pe...
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And Abraham went down on his face before the people of the land.
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And Abraham said to Ephron, in the hearing of the people of the land, If only you will give ear to m...
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So Ephron said to Abraham,
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My lord, give ear to me: the value of the land is four hundred shekels; what is that between me and...
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And Abraham took note of the price fixed by Ephron in the hearing of the children of Heth, and gave...
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So Ephron's field at Machpelah near Mamre, with the hollow in the rock and all the trees in the fiel...
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Became the property of Abraham before the eyes of the children of Heth and of all who came into the...
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Then Abraham put Sarah his wife to rest in the hollow rock in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, tha...
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And the field and the hollow rock were handed over to Abraham as his property by the children of Het...
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