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.
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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.
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2
And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same
is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn...
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3
And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
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4
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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5
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
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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.
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8
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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9
That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which
is in the end of his field; for as m...
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10
And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience...
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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 Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
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13
And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou
wilt give it...
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14
And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
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15
My lord, hearken unto me: the land
is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what
is that betwixt me...
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16
And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in t...
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17
And the field of Ephron, which
was in Machpelah, which
was before Mamre, the field, and the cave whi...
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18
Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at th...
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19
And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: th...
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20
And the field, and the cave that
is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryi...
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