Revised Literal Translation
Genesis 23:3-16
3And AbrahamH85 stood upH6965 from beforeH6440 his deadH4191, and spakeH1696 unto the sonsH1121 of HethH2845, sayingH559, 4I am a strangerH1616 and a sojournerH8453 with you: giveH5414 me a possessionH272 of a buryingplaceH6913 with you, that I may buryH6912 my deadH4191 out of my sightH6440. 5And the childrenH1121 of HethH2845 answeredH6030 AbrahamH85, sayingH559 unto him, 6Hear usH8085, my lordH113: thou art a mightyH430 princeH5387 among usH8432: in the choiceH4005 of our sepulchresH6913 buryH6912 thy deadH4191; noneH376H3808 of us shall withholdH3607 from thee his sepulchreH6913, but that thou mayest buryH6912 thy deadH4191.1 7And AbrahamH85 stood upH6965, and bowedH7812 himself to the peopleH5971 of the landH776, even to the childrenH1121 of HethH2845. 8And he communedH1696 with them, sayingH559, If it beH3426 your mindH5315 that I should buryH6912 my deadH4191 out of my sightH6440; hearH8085 me, and intreatH6293 for me to EphronH6085 the sonH1121 of ZoharH6714, 9That he may giveH5414 me the caveH4631 of MachpelahH4375, which he hath, which is in the endH7097 of his fieldH7704; for as muchH4392 moneyH3701 as it is worthH4392 he shall give itH5414 me for a possessionH272 of a buryingplaceH6913 amongst youH8432.2 10And EphronH6085 dweltH3427 amongH8432 the childrenH1121 of HethH2845: and EphronH6085 the HittiteH2850 answeredH6030 AbrahamH85 in the audienceH241 of the childrenH1121 of HethH2845, even of all that went inH935 at the gateH8179 of his cityH5892, sayingH559,3 11NayH3808, my lordH113, hear meH8085: the fieldH7704 give IH5414 thee, and the caveH4631 that is therein, I give itH5414 thee; in the presenceH5869 of the sonsH1121 of my peopleH5971 giveH5414 I it thee: buryH6912 thy deadH4191. 12And AbrahamH85 bowed downH7812 himself beforeH6440 the peopleH5971 of the landH776. 13And he spakeH1696 unto EphronH6085 in the audienceH241 of the peopleH5971 of the landH776, sayingH559, But if thou wilt give it, I pray theeH3863, hearH8085 me: I will giveH5414 thee moneyH3701 for the fieldH7704; takeH3947 it of me, and I will buryH6912 my deadH4191 there. 14And EphronH6085 answeredH6030 AbrahamH85, sayingH559 unto him, 15My lordH113, hearkenH8085 unto me: the landH776 is worth fourH702 hundredH3967 shekelsH8255 of silverH3701; what is that betwixtH996 me and thee? buryH6912 therefore thy deadH4191. 16And AbrahamH85 hearkenedH8085 unto EphronH6085; and AbrahamH85 weighedH8254 to EphronH6085 the silverH3701, which he had namedH1696 in the audienceH241 of the sonsH1121 of HethH2845, fourH702 hundredH3967 shekelsH8255 of silverH3701, currentH5674 money with the merchantH5503.
Notes
Commentaries on Genesis 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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