Genesis 23:8

וַיְדַבֵּר אִתָּם לֵאמֹר אִם ־ יֵשׁ אֶֽת ־ נַפְשְׁכֶם לִקְבֹּר אֶת ־ מֵתִי מִלְּפָנַי שְׁמָעוּנִי וּפִגְעוּ ־ לִי בְּעֶפְרוֹן בֶּן ־ צֹֽחַר ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,

In Context

7וַיָּקָם אַבְרָהָם וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ לְעַם ־ הָאָרֶץ לִבְנֵי ־ חֵֽת ׃

9וְיִתֶּן ־ לִי אֶת ־ מְעָרַת הַמַּכְפֵּלָה אֲשֶׁר ־ לוֹ אֲשֶׁר בִּקְצֵה שָׂדֵהוּ בְּכֶסֶף מָלֵא יִתְּנֶנָּה לִי בְּתוֹכְכֶם לַאֲחֻזַּת ־ קָֽבֶר ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 25:9וַיִּקְבְּרוּ אֹתוֹ יִצְחָק וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל בָּנָיו אֶל ־ מְעָרַת הַמַּכְפֵּלָה אֶל ־ שְׂדֵה עֶפְרֹן בֶּן ־ צֹחַר הַֽחִתִּי אֲשֶׁר עַל ־ פְּנֵי מַמְרֵֽא ׃

Matthew Henry on Genesis 23:4-16

The Cave of Machpelah. ( b. c. 1857.) 3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. 5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, 6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. 7 And… Read the whole commentary →

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