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Genesis 23
23
Genesis
Abraham
ut-Ma’in
Abraham
, person
Heth
, person
Ephron
, person
Sarah
, person
Machpelah
, place
Canaan
, place
Hebron
, place
Mamre
, place
1 more
ut-Ma’in
Berean Standard Bible
1
GEL
Saratu no̱mu̱g u̱s-hak u-ko̱k u-gan u̱r-shik u̱s-ta'er .
BSB
BSB:
Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.
2
GEL
Wa maru̱g u̱ bo̱-u̱ Kiriyat Arba (be-du̱ na fu̱ge̱ u̱ da-o̱ He̱bro̱n) dak-u̱ Kan'ana. Ibrahi no̱m u̱s-kan sok, wa no̱m u̱t-bomos u̱ remu̱ mar-m Saratu.
BSB
BSB:
She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
3
GEL
Se̱ Ibrahi yage̱ u-du̱ ne̱ta wa, wa de̱'e wa no̱m u̱s-rem u̱ ne̱t-tu̱ He̱t-ne̱. Wa zu̱ u̱n,
BSB
BSB:
Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,
4
GEL
<<Me̱ ham-u̱t wa u̱m o̱o̱ge̱ u̱du̱ no̱, babu̱n me̱ u̱r-ke̱ngi, u̱ de̱ shu̱'u̱t be-du̱ u-dok-u̱ ri ko̱ me̱ jwak-u̱ ne̱ta ri.>>
BSB
BSB:
“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”
5
GEL
Ne̱t-tu̱ He̱t e̱ shasu̱ Ibrahi, e̱ zu̱,
BSB
BSB:
The Hittites replied to Abraham,
6
GEL
<<U̱so u-bu it, e̱r rem-u̱s it, bo̱ ne̱t-u̱ yat-o̱ wa bo̱ o̱ye̱ it. Dag be-u̱r so̱-de̱ du̱ bo̱ u̱t-sa, bo̱ jwak ne̱ta ró u̱ku̱n. Waku̱n zaar u̱ te̱k-u̱ it wu̱ do̱'e̱ u̱t-zu̱ wa gu̱gu̱m ya-du̱ bo̱ be-du̱ jwak-du̱ ne̱ta ró da.>>
BSB
BSB:
“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.”
7
GEL
Se̱ Ibrahi he̱ u̱t-jwu̱n u̱-shu̱ ne̱t-tu̱ dak-u He̱t.
BSB
BSB:
Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.
8
GEL
Wa zu̱ u̱n, <<Remu̱ zu̱ no̱ o̱ u̱ssa no̱ no̱mu̱ me̱ u̱r-se̱ge̱, u̱m o̱ u̱ssa no̱ ko̱nu̱ me̱ Eparo̱n wa'-u̱ Zohar.
BSB
BSB:
“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
9
GEL
Wa babu̱ me̱ u-pu̱ku̱s u̱ jwak-du̱ u̱t-ne̱t u̱ Mape̱ra u̱ o̱o̱ge̱ u-ta u̱ madu̱ tak-u wa, shu̱tu̱n me̱ wu̱n wa babu̱ me̱ be-u̱r re̱ me̱ u̱t-to̱p no̱m-u̱ wa zu̱ u̱m to̱p. U̱m u̱t-sa ke̱ngi-u̱r re̱ u̱ka de̱ do̱te̱ shu̱'u̱t ke̱ngi-u̱r ri du̱ mo̱mmo du̱ jwak-du̱ me̱ u̱ ne̱t-tu̱ bu-u ri.>>
BSB
BSB:
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.”
10
GEL
Eparo̱n o̱g u̱ shu̱'u̱t u̱ku̱n u̱r-kot u̱ ne̱t-tu̱ He̱t-ne̱. Wa zu̱ Ibrahi u̱ ho̱g-mu̱ ne̱t-tu̱ He̱t u̱t-be̱e̱t i haane̱ u̱ku̱n u̱ is-yu̱ u-bo̱.
BSB
BSB:
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,
11
GEL
Se̱ wa zu̱ Ibrahi, <<U̱so u-bu ri, iya-o̱ da, e̱r rem-u̱s ri. Me̱ ya bo̱ u̱r-ke̱ngi u-pu̱ku̱s ne̱, u̱ ane̱ u̱ shu̱ ne̱t-u̱t ri u̱t-be̱e̱t, bo̱ jwak u-du̱ ne̱ta ró.>>
BSB
BSB:
“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.”
12
GEL
Ibrahi kwu̱ku̱t u̱t-jwu̱n u̱ shu̱ ne̱t-tu̱ dak-u o̱.
BSB
BSB:
Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land
13
GEL
Se̱ wa no̱m rem-su̱ no̱m-u̱t to̱ u̱du̱ Eparo̱n u̱ ho̱g-mu̱ ne̱t-tu̱ o̱ u̱ku̱n u̱t-be̱e̱t, <<U̱m ko̱no̱g no̱, a no̱ eese̱, me̱ to̱p-u̱ shik-u̱ be-u̱r re̱ u̱r-be̱e̱t remu̱ u̱m kum-u̱t be-du̱ u̱m do̱te̱ u̱ ha jwak-du̱ ne̱t-u̱t ri a e̱ mare̱ u̱ku̱n.>>
BSB
BSB:
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.”
14
GEL
Eparo̱n shasu̱ Ibrahi wa zu̱,
BSB
BSB:
Ephron answered Abraham,
15
GEL
<<U̱so u-bu ri, e̱r me̱, be-u̱r re̱ teeg kwam-u̱t pus-to̱ tu̱ shik u̱t-ko̱k u̱t-nas , u̱ka shu̱'u̱t-u̱r yu̱-u shik-u̱ e̱ o̱ko̱n no̱m-o̱ o̱ da, do̱'e̱ bu̱ jwak ne̱ta ró.>>
BSB
BSB:
“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.”
16
GEL
Ibrahi hog re̱m-u̱s Eparo̱n, wa to̱p wa no̱mu̱ wa zu̱ye̱ wa to̱p kwam-u̱t pus-to̱ tu̱ shik u̱t-ko̱k u̱t-nas iya na bu̱bte̱ u-tu̱rru̱. Wa no̱ng no̱m-u̱t to̱ u̱t-be̱e̱t u̱-shu̱ ne̱nge̱n-tu̱ He̱t.
BSB
BSB:
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.
17
GEL
Iya-o̱ tak-u Eparo̱n u̱ o̱ u̱ Mape̱ra u̱-dapu̱s Mamre, u̱ u̱r-dame̱ u-pu̱ku̱s ne̱, u̱s-te ne̱ u̱s-be̱e̱t su̱ o̱ bo̱r-yu̱ u-tak, shu̱'u̱t u̱ Ibrahi u-be̱e̱t.
BSB
BSB:
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
18
GEL
Se̱ be-u̱r re̱ shu̱'u̱t be-u̱r Ibrahi du̱ m-mo̱mmo̱ u̱ shu̱ ne̱nge̱n-tu̱ He̱t u̱ is u-bo̱.
BSB
BSB:
to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
19
GEL
Se̱ Ibrahi dok ne̱ta wa Saratu u̱ku̱n u̱ me̱n-tu̱ Kan'ana, pu̱ku̱s u̱ Mape̱ra u̱ dapu̱s Mamre (u̱ na foge̱ He̱bro̱n)
BSB
BSB:
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.
20
GEL
Iya-o̱ tak-u o̱ u-pu̱ku̱s ne̱ u̱ o̱ ne̱t-tu̱ He̱t babu̱ Ibrahi o̱ shu̱'u̱t be-u̱r wa du̱ u-dok.
BSB
BSB:
So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.
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ut-Ma’in. Copyright © 2024 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc.. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). Text from eBible.org; verses renumbered to the KJV scheme where they differ, otherwise unchanged.
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