Verse 12
Genesis 23:12
English Revised Version
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And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt, I pray thee, hear me: I will give the price of the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּשְׁתַּ֨חוּ֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם לִ/פְנֵ֖י עַ֥ם הָ/אָֽרֶץ
English Translation
And Abraham bowed down before the people of the land.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 23 Context
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And the life of Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years: these were the years of the life of...
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And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mour...
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And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spake unto the children of Heth, saying,
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I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I ma...
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And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
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Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead;...
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And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
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And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, he...
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that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for the...
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10
Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham...
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11
Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the p...
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12
And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt, I pray...
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And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
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My lord, hearken unto me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that betwixt...
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15
And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in t...
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So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave whic...
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unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at th...
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And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (th...
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And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryi...
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