Verse 5
Genesis 23:5
Free Bible Version
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“Listen, my lord, you are a highly-respected prince among us. Choose the very best of our burial sites to bury your dead. None of us will say no to you.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּעֲנ֧וּ בְנֵי חֵ֛ת אֶת אַבְרָהָ֖ם לֵ/אמֹ֥ר לֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him.
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Chapter 23 Context
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Sarah lived to be 127,
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and then she died at Kiriath-arba (or Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham went in to mourn her de...
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“I am a foreigner, a stranger living among you,” he said. “Please let me buy a burial site so I can...
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The Hittites answered Abraham, telling him,
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“Listen, my lord, you are a highly-respected prince among us. Choose the very best of our burial sit...
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Abraham got up and bowed low before the Hittites, the local people,
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and said to them, “If you agree to help me bury my dead, listen to my proposal. Could you please ask...
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to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him, down at the end of his field. I'm willing to p...
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Ephron the Hittite was sitting there among his people. He replied to Abraham in the presence of the...
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“No, my lord,” he said. “Please listen to me. I give you the field and the cave that is there. I giv...
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Abraham bowed low before the local people,
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and said to Ephron so everyone could hear, “Please listen to me. I will pay the price for the field....
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Ephron replied to Abraham, telling him,
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“My lord, please listen to me. The land is worth four hundred pieces of silver. But what's that betw...
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Abraham accepted Ephron's offer. Abraham weighed out and gave to Ephron the four hundred pieces of s...
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So the property was legally transferred. It comprised Ephron's field in Machpelah near Mamre, both t...
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This all became Abraham's property, and the transaction was witnessed by the Hittites who were there...
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Then Abraham went and buried Sarah his wife in the cave in the field at Machpelah near Mamre (or Heb...
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