Verse 6

Genesis 23:6

King James Version

6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
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.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 23 Context
1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. Focus ↗
2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn... Focus ↗
3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, Focus ↗
4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I ma... Focus ↗
5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, Focus ↗
6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead;...
7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. Focus ↗
8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; he... Focus ↗
9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as m... Focus ↗
10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience... Focus ↗
11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the p... Focus ↗
12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. Focus ↗
13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it... Focus ↗
14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, Focus ↗
15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me... Focus ↗
16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in t... Focus ↗
17 And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave whi... Focus ↗
18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at th... Focus ↗
19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: th... Focus ↗
20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryi... Focus ↗