Genesis 23 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Sarah lived to be 127 years old. This was the length of her life. Sarah lived 127 years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old.
2 She died in Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in Canaan. Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to cry about her death. And Sarah died at Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. She died at Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her.
3 Then Abraham left the side of his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites, And Abraham rose up from before his dead and said to the Hittites, Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites. He said,
4 |I'm a stranger with no permanent home. Let me have some of your property for a tomb so that I can bury my dead wife.| “I am a sojourner and foreigner among you; give me property among you for a burying place, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.” “I am a foreigner and stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead.”
5 The Hittites answered Abraham, The Hittites answered Abraham, The Hittites replied to Abraham,
6 |Listen to us, sir. You are a mighty leader among us. Bury your dead in one of our best tombs. Not one of us will withhold from you his tomb for burying your dead.| “Hear us, my lord; you are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb to hinder you from burying your dead.” “Sir, listen to us. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb for burying your dead.”
7 Abraham got up in front of the Hittites, the people of that region, and bowed with his face touching the ground. Abraham rose and bowed to the Hittites, the people of the land. Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.
8 He said to them, |If you are willing to let me bury my wife, listen to me. Encourage Ephron, son of Zohar, And he said to them, “If you are willing that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me and entreat for me Ephron the son of Zohar, He said to them, “If you are willing to let me bury my dead, then listen to me and intercede with Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf
9 to let me have the cave of Machpelah that he owns at the end of his field. He should sell it to me for its full price as my property to be used as a tomb among you.| that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he owns; it is at the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me in your presence as property for a burying place.” so he will sell me the cave of Machpelah, which belongs to him and is at the end of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for the full price as a burial site among you.”
10 Ephron was sitting among the Hittites. He answered Abraham so that everyone who was entering the city gate could hear him. He said, Now Ephron was sitting among the Hittites, and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the Hittites, of all who went in at the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite was sitting among his people and he replied to Abraham in the hearing of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
11 |No, sir, listen to me. I'm giving you the field together with the cave that is in it. My people are witnesses that I'm giving it to you. Bury your wife!| “No, my lord, hear me: I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the sight of the sons of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead.” “No, my lord,” he said. “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 Abraham bowed down again in front of the people of that region. Then Abraham bowed down before the people of the land. Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land
13 He spoke to Ephron so that the people of that region could hear him. He said, |If you would only listen to me. I will pay you the price of the field. Take it from me so that I can bury my wife there.| And he said to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, “But if you will, hear me: I give the price of the field. Accept it from me, that I may bury my dead there.” and he said to Ephron in their hearing, “Listen to me, if you will. I will pay the price of the field. Accept it from me so I can bury my dead there.”
14 Ephron answered Abraham, Ephron answered Abraham, Ephron answered Abraham,
15 |Sir, listen to me. The land is worth ten pounds of silver. What is that between us? Bury your wife!| “My lord, listen to me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.” “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 Abraham agreed to Ephron's terms. So he weighed out for Ephron the amount stated in front of the Hittites: ten pounds of silver at the current merchants' exchange rate. Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver that he had named in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants. 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 weight current among the merchants.
17 So Ephron's field at Machpelah, east of Mamre, was sold So the field of Ephron in Machpelah, which was to the east of Mamre, the field with the cave that was in it and all the trees that were in the field, throughout its whole area, was made over So Ephron’s field in Machpelah near Mamre—both the field and the cave in it, and all the trees within the borders of the field—was deeded
18 to Abraham. His property included the field with the cave in it as well as all the trees inside the boundaries of the field. The Hittites together with all who had entered the city gate were the official witnesses for the agreement. to Abraham as a possession in the presence of the Hittites, before all who went in at the gate of his city. to Abraham as his property in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of the city.
19 After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah, east of Mamre (that is, Hebron). After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah east of Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Afterward Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre (which is at Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
20 So the field and its cave were sold by the Hittites to Abraham as his property to be used as a tomb. The field and the cave that is in it were made over to Abraham as property for a burying place by the Hittites. So the field and the cave in it were deeded to Abraham by the Hittites as a burial site.
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