Text -- Genesis 23:8 (NET)

23:8 Then he said to them, “If you agree that I may bury my dead, then hear me out. Ask Ephron the son of Zohar

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Gen 23:8

¹ tn Heb “If it is with your purpose.” The Hebrew noun נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) here has the nuance “purpose” or perhaps “desire” (see BDB 661 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ).

² tn Heb “bury my dead out of my sight.” The last phrase “out of my sight” has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Or “hear me.”

⁴ tn Heb “intercede for me with.”