Verse 6
Genesis 23:6
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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My Lord, hear us, thou art a prince of God (Elohim) among us: bury thy dead in our principle sepulchers: and no man shall have power to hinder thee from burying thy dead in his sepulcher.
Original Language Text
hebrew
שְׁמָעֵ֣/נוּ אֲדֹנִ֗/י נְשִׂ֨יא אֱלֹהִ֤ים אַתָּה֙ בְּ/תוֹכֵ֔/נוּ בְּ/מִבְחַ֣ר קְבָרֵ֔י/נוּ קְבֹ֖ר אֶת מֵתֶ֑/ךָ אִ֣ישׁ מִמֶּ֔/נּוּ אֶת קִבְר֛/וֹ לֹֽא יִכְלֶ֥ה מִמְּ/ךָ֖ מִ/קְּבֹ֥ר מֵתֶֽ/ךָ
English Translation
Hear us, O Lord, God, you are a prince among gods; in our midst, in the choice of our graves, let each man bury his dead; none among us shall be unable to bury his dead.
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Chapter 23 Context
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And Sara lived a hundred and twenty-seven years.
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And she died in the city of Arbee which is Hebron, in the land of Chanaan: and Abraham came to mourn...
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And after he rose up from the funeral obsequies, he spoke to the children of Heth, saying:
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I am a stranger and sojourner among you: give me the right of a burying-place with you, that I may b...
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The children of Heth answered, saying:
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My Lord, hear us, thou art a prince of God (Elohim) among us: bury thy dead in our principle sepulch...
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Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, to wit the children of Heth:
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And said to them: If it please your soul that I should bury my dead, hear me, and intercede for me t...
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That he may give me the double cave, which he hath in the end of his field: for as much money as it...
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Now Ephron dwelt in the midst of the children of Heth. And Ephron made answer to Abraham in the hear...
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Let it not be so, my lord, but do thou rather hearken to what I say: The field I deliver to thee, an...
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Abraham bowed down before the people of the land,
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And he spoke to Ephron, in the presence of the people: I beseech thee to hear me: I will give money...
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And Ephron answered:
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My lord, hear me. The ground which thou desirest, is worth four hundred sicles of silver: this is th...
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And when Abraham had heard this, he weighed out the money that Ephron had asked, in the hearing of t...
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And the field that before was Ephron's, wherein was the double cave, looking towards Mambre, both it...
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Was made sure to Abraham for a possession, in the sight of the children of Heth, and of all that wen...
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And so Abraham buried Sara his wife, in a double cave of the field, that looked towards Mambre, this...
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And the field was made sure to Abraham, and the cave that was in it, for a possession to bury in, by...
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