Verse 18
Genesis 23:18
Darby Translation
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were assured to Abraham for a possession before the eyes of the sons of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לְ/אַבְרָהָ֥ם לְ/מִקְנָ֖ה לְ/עֵינֵ֣י בְנֵי חֵ֑ת בְּ/כֹ֖ל בָּאֵ֥י שַֽׁעַר עִירֽ/וֹ
English Translation
To Abraham for a possession in the sight of the sons of Heth before all who enter the gate of his city.
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Chapter 23 Context
1
And the life of Sarah was a hundred and twenty-seven years: [these were] the years of the life of Sa...
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And Sarah died in Kirjath-Arba: that is Hebron, in the land of Canaan. And Abraham came to mourn for...
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And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
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I am a stranger and a sojourner with you; give me a possession of a sepulchre with you, that I may b...
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And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
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Hear us, my lord: thou art a prince of God (Elohim) among us: in the choicest of our sepulchres bury...
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And Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth,
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and spoke to them, saying, If it be your will that I should bury my dead from before me, hear me, an...
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that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which is his, which is at the end of his field; for the f...
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And Ephron was dwelling among the sons of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham, in the ears...
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No, my lord: hear me. The field give I thee; and the cave that is in it, to thee I give it; before t...
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And Abraham bowed down before the people of the land;
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and he spoke to Ephron, in the ears of the people of the land, saying, But if only thou wouldst list...
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And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
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My lord, hearken to me. A field of four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and thee?...
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And Abraham hearkened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the money that he had named in the ea...
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So the field of Ephron, which was at Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave that...
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were assured to Abraham for a possession before the eyes of the sons of Heth, before all who went in...
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And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field at Machpelah, opposite to Mam...
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And the field and the cave that was in it were assured to Abraham for a possession of a sepulchre by...
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