Genesis 2323GenesisAbrahamOpen English Bible (Commonwealth)

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1. The Death and Burial of Sarah

2. 1ENGOEBCWSarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old.BSBBSB: Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.
3. 2ENGOEBCWWhen she died in Kiriath-arba (that is Hebron), in the land of Canaan, Abraham went to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.BSBBSB: She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
4. 3ENGOEBCWWhen Abraham rose up from the presence of his dead, he said to the Hittites,BSBBSB: Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,
5. 4ENGOEBCW‘I am a stranger and a foreigner living among you; give me possession of a burying-place with you, so that I may bury my dead out of my sight.’BSBBSB: “I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”
6. 5ENGOEBCWThe Hittites answered Abraham,BSBBSB: The Hittites replied to Abraham,
7. 6ENGOEBCW‘Hear us, my lord; you are a mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the best of our burial places. None of us will withhold from you his burial place, so that you may bury your dead.’BSBBSB: “Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”
8. 7ENGOEBCWAbraham rose up and bowed before the people of the land, the Hittites,BSBBSB: Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.
9. 8ENGOEBCWand said to them, ‘If it is your intention that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and speak for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,BSBBSB: “If you are willing for me to bury my dead,” he said to them, “listen to me, and approach Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf
10. 9ENGOEBCWto give me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is at the end of his field. Let him give to me for the full price in your presence, so that I can own it as a burying-place.’BSBBSB: to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site.”
11. 10ENGOEBCWNow Ephron was sitting with the other Hittites, and, in the presence of all the Hittites, all who went in and out at the gate of his city he answered Abraham,BSBBSB: Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,
12. 11ENGOEBCW‘No, my lord, hear me. I give the field to you and the cave that is in it I give to you; in the presence of the children of my people I give it to you; bury your dead.’BSBBSB: “No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”
13. 12ENGOEBCWThen Abraham bowed before the people of the land,BSBBSB: Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land
14. 13ENGOEBCWand spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, ‘Please, hear me – I will give the price of the field; accept it from me so that I may bury my dead there.’BSBBSB: and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”
15. 14ENGOEBCWEphron answered Abraham by saying to him,BSBBSB: Ephron answered Abraham,
16. 15ENGOEBCW‘My lord, listen to me; a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and you? Bury your dead.’BSBBSB: “Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”
17. 16ENGOEBCWThen Abraham accepted Ephron’s terms and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver, on the standard weights used by merchants.BSBBSB: Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
18. 17ENGOEBCWSo the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah which was to the east of Mamre, the field, and the cave which was in it, with all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the border of it round about,BSBBSB: So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field were deeded over
19. 18ENGOEBCWwere transferred to Abraham’s possession in the presence of the Hittites, before all that went in at the gate of his city.BSBBSB: to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
20. 19ENGOEBCWAfter this Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah to the east of Mamre (that is Hebron), in the land of Canaan.BSBBSB: After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
21. 20ENGOEBCWIn this way the field and the cave that is in it were transferred by the Hittites to Abraham that he might possess a burying-place.BSBBSB: So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.