Genesis 23:4

23:4 “I am a temporary settler ¹  among you. Grant ²  me ownership ³  of a burial site among you so that I may ⁴  bury my dead.” ⁵ 

Genesis 23:20

23:20 So Abraham secured the field and the cave that was in it as a burial site ⁶  from the sons of Heth.

Genesis 25:10

25:10 This was the field Abraham had purchased from the sons of Heth. ⁷  There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.

Genesis 23:9

23:9 if he will sell ⁸  me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me publicly ⁹  for the full price, ¹⁰  so that I may own it as a burial site.”

Genesis 23:11

23:11 “No, my lord! Hear me out. I sell ¹¹  you both the field and the cave that is in it. ¹²  In the presence of my people ¹³  I sell it to you. Bury your dead.”

Genesis 23:15

23:15 “Hear me, my lord. The land is worth ¹⁴  400 pieces of silver, ¹⁵  but what is that between me and you? So bury your dead.”

Genesis 23:19

23:19 After this Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah next to Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 23:6

23:6 “Listen, sir, ¹⁶  you are a mighty prince ¹⁷  among us! You may bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb to prevent you ¹⁸  from burying your dead.”

Genesis 49:30

49:30 It is the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought for a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite.

Genesis 50:13

50:13 His sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, near Mamre. This is the field Abraham purchased as a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite.

[23:4]  ¹ tn Heb “a resident alien and a settler.”

[23:4]  ² tn Heb “give,” which is used here as an idiom for “sell” (see v. 9). The idiom reflects the polite bartering that was done in the culture at the time.

[23:4]  ³ tn Or “possession.”

[23:4]  ⁴ tn Following the imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction expresses purpose.

[23:4]  ⁵ 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.

[23:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “possession of a grave.”

[25:10]  ¹¹ tn See the note on the phrase “sons of Heth” in Gen 23:3.

[23:9]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “give.” This is used here (also a second time later in this verse) as an idiom for “sell”; see the note on the word “grant” in v. 4.

[23:9]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “in your presence.”

[23:9]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “silver.”

[23:11]  ²¹ tn Heb “give.” The perfect tense has here a present nuance; this is a formal, legally binding declaration. Abraham asked only for a burial site/cave within the field; Ephron agrees to sell him the entire field.

[23:11]  ²² tn The Hebrew text adds “to you I give [i.e., sell] it.” This is redundant in English and has not been translated for stylistic reasons.

[23:11]  ²³ tn Heb “in the presence of the sons of my people.”

[23:15]  ²⁶ tn The word “worth” has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[23:15]  ²⁷ sn Four hundred pieces of silver. The standards for weighing money varied considerably in the ancient Near East, but the generally accepted weight for the shekel is 11.5 grams (0.4 ounce). This makes the weight of silver here 4.6 kilograms, or 160 ounces (about 10 pounds).

[23:6]  ³¹ tn Heb “Hear us, my lord.”

[23:6]  ³² tn Heb “prince of God.” The divine name may be used here as a means of expressing the superlative, “mighty prince.” The word for “prince” probably means “tribal chief” here. See M. H. Gottstein, “Nasi’ ‘elohim (Gen 23:6),” VT 3 (1953) 298-99; and D. W. Thomas, “Consideration of Some Unusual Ways of Expressing the Superlative in Hebrew,” VT 3 (1953) 215-16.

[23:6]  ³³ tn The phrase “to prevent you” has been added in the translation for stylistic reasons.