Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And the
life
of
Sarah is
a
hundred and twenty
and
seven years --
years of the life of Sarah ;
And Sarah was
an
hundred and seven and
twenty
years old:
these
were
the
years of the life of Sarah .
and Sarah dieth
in Kirjath-Arba,
which
`
is '
Hebron ,
in the land of Caanan,
and Abraham goeth
in
to mourn for Sarah, and to bewail
her.
And Sarah died
in Kirjatharba;
the
same
is Hebron in the land of Canaan:
and Abraham came
to mourn for Sarah, and to weep
for
her.
And Abraham riseth
up from the
presence
of
his dead, and speaketh
unto the sons of Heth, saying,
And Abraham stood
up from before
his dead, and spake
unto the sons of Heth, saying,
`
A sojourner
and a settler
I
`am'
with you ;
give to
me a possession of a burying-place
with you, and
I bury my dead from
before
me
. '
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
.
And the sons
of Heth answer
Abraham, saying to
him,
And the children
of Heth answered
Abraham, saying unto
him,
`
Hear us, my lord ;
a prince of
God
`art'
thou
in
our
midst;
in the choice of our burying-places
bury thy dead :
none of us his
burying-place
doth
withhold from thee, from
burying
thy dead. '
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.
And Abraham riseth
and boweth
himself to the people of the land, to the sons
of Heth ,
And Abraham stood
up,
and bowed
himself to the people of the land, even
to the children
of Heth .
and he speaketh
with them, saying, `
If it is
your desire
to
bury my dead from
before
me,
hear me, and meet
for me with
Ephron ,
son of Zoar;
And he communed
with them, saying, If it be
your mind
that
I
should
bury my dead out
of
my
sight;
hear me, and entreat
for me to
Ephron the
son of Zohar,
and
he giveth
to
me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which `
is '
in the extremity
of his field; for full
money doth
he give it to
me ,
in
your
midst,
for a possession of a burying-place
. '
That
he may
give
me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end
of his field; for as
much
money as
it
is
worth
he shall
give it me for a possession of a buryingplace
amongst
you
.
And Ephron is
sitting
in
the
midst
of
the sons
of Heth ,
and Ephron the Hittite answereth
Abraham in the ears
of the sons
of Heth, of all those
entering
the gate of his city, saying,
And Ephron dwelt
among
the children
of Heth :
and Ephron the Hittite answered
Abraham in the audience
of the children
of Heth, even
of all that
went
in
at
the gate of his city, saying,
`
Nay, my lord, hear me: the field I have
given
to
thee, and the cave that `
is '
in
it
, to
thee
I have
given
it; before
the eyes
of the sons of my people I have
given
it to
thee --
bury thy dead. '
Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give
I thee, and the cave that is therein
, I give
it thee
; in
the presence
of the sons of my people give
I it thee :
bury thy dead.
And Abraham boweth
himself before the people of the land ,
And Abraham bowed
down
himself before the people of the land .
and speaketh
unto Ephron in the ears
of the people of the land, saying, `Only
--
if thou wouldst
hear me --
I have
given
the
money of
the field --
accept
from
me, and I bury my dead there. '
And he
spake
unto Ephron in the audience
of the people of the land, saying, But
if thou wilt
give
it,
I
pray
thee,
hear me :
I will
give
thee
money for
the field ;
take
it
of
me, and I will
bury my dead there.
And Ephron answereth
Abraham, saying to
him,
And Ephron answered
Abraham, saying unto
him,
`
My lord, hear
me: the land --
four hundred shekels of silver; between
me and thee ,
what
`is'
it
? --
thy dead bury
. '
My lord, hearken
unto
me: the land is
worth
four hundred shekels of silver; what
is
that
betwixt
me and thee? bury
therefore
thy dead.
And Abraham hearkeneth
unto Ephron ,
and Abraham weigheth
to Ephron the silver which he hath
spoken
of
in the ears
of the sons of Heth, four hundred silver
shekels, passing
with the merchant.
And Abraham hearkened
unto Ephron ;
and Abraham weighed
to Ephron the silver ,
which he had
named
in the audience
of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of
silver
, current
money
with the merchant.
And established
are
the field of Ephron ,
which `is'
in Machpelah, which `is'
before Mamre, the field and the cave which `is'
in
it
, and all the trees which
`are'
in the field, which
`are'
in all its
border
round about,
And the field of Ephron which was
in Machpelah, which was
before Mamre, the field ,
and the cave which was
therein
, and all the trees that
were
in the field, that
were
in all the
borders
round about, were
made
sure
to
Abraham by
purchase,
before
the eyes
of the sons
of Heth, among
all entering
the gate of his city.
Unto
Abraham for
a
possession
in
the presence
of the children
of Heth, before
all that
went
in
at
the gate of his city.
And after this hath
Abraham buried Sarah his wife at
the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (which
`
is '
Hebron ),
in the land of Canaan ;
And after this ,
Abraham buried Sarah his wife in
the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre :
the
same
is Hebron in the land of Canaan .
and established
are
the field, and the cave which
`
is '
in
it
, to
Abraham for a possession of a burying-place,
from
the sons of Heth.
And the field, and the cave that
is therein
, were
made
sure
unto
Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace
by
the sons of Heth.
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