Verse 8
Genesis 23:8
World English Bible, British Edition
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He talked with them, saying, “If you agree that I should bury my dead
out of my sight, hear me, and entreat 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
1
Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years. This was the length of Sarah’s
life.
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2
Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), in the land of Canaan.
Abraham came to mourn for Sa...
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3
Abraham rose up from before his dead and spoke to the children of Heth,
saying,
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4
“I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession
of a burying-place with you,...
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5
The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
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6
“Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God (Elohim) amongst us. Bury your dead
in the best of our to...
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7
Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land,
to the children of Heth.
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8
He talked with them, saying, “If you agree that I should bury my dead
out of my sight, hear me, and...
9
that he may sell me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in
the end of his field. For the f...
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10
Now Ephron was sitting in the middle of the children of Heth.
Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in...
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11
“No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave
that is in it. In the presence...
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12
Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.
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13
He spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying,
“But if you will, please hear...
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14
Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
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15
“My lord, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred
shekels of silver between
me and...
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16
Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver
which he had named in the hearing o...
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17
So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before
Mamre, the field, the cave which wa...
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18
to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth,
before all who went in at the g...
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19
After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field
of Machpelah before Mamre (that i...
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20
The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham by the
children of Heth as a possessio...
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