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Genesis 23:13
and spake unto Ephron in the ears of the people of the land saying, Only if, thou, wouldst, hear me,—I have given the silver of the field Take it of me, That I may bury my dead here.
Genesis 23:13 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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Genesis 23:13 in other translations
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 said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”
He spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, “But if you will, please hear me. I will give the price of the field. Take it from me, and I will bury my dead there.”
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In context
10 Now, Ephron, was sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth,—so Ephron the Hittite responded to Abraham, in the ears of the sons of Heth, even all that were entering the gate of his city, saying:
11 Nay, my lord, hear me, The field, have I given to thee And, the cave that is therein, to thee, have I given it,—In the eyes of the sons of my people, have I given it thee Bury thy dead.
12 So Abraham boweth himself down, before the people of the land:
13 and spake unto Ephron in the ears of the people of the land saying, Only if, thou, wouldst, hear me,—I have given the silver of the field Take it of me, That I may bury my dead here.
14 And Ephron responded to Abraham, saying to him,
15 My lord, hear me,—Land worth four hundred shekels of silver—betwixt me and thee, what is that? And thy dead., bury thou.
16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron, and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver of which he had spoken in the ears of the sons of Heth,—four hundred shekels of silver, current with the merchant,
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