Genesis 23:6
Hear us, my lord: you are a mighty prince among us; in the choice of our sepulchres bury your dead; none of us will withhold from you his sepulchre, that you may bury your dead.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
“Listen to us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our burial sites. None of us will withhold his burial site from you to bury your dead.”
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
Hear us, my lord; thou art a prince of God 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.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
heare vs LORde thou art a prynce of God amonge vs. In the chefest of oure sepulchres bury thy dead: None of vs shall forbydd ye his sepulchre yt thou shuldest not bury thy deade therein.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
O heare lorde, thou art a prynce of God amonge vs: bury thy dead in the best of oure sepulcres, there shall none of vs forbyd ye, that thou shuldest not bury thy deed in his sepulcre.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Heare vs, my lorde: thou art a prince of God among vs: in the chiefest of our sepulchres bury thy dead: none of vs shall forbid thee his sepulchre, but thou mayest bury thy dead therein.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Heare vs my Lorde, thou art a prince of God amongest vs, in the chiefest of our sepulchres bury thy dead: none of vs shall forbyd thee his sepulchre, but thou mayest bury thy dead therin.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
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.
Webster's Bible (1833)
"Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. In the choice of our tombs bury your dead. None of us will withhold from you his tomb, but that you may bury your dead."
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
`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.'
American Standard Version (1901)
Hear us, my lord. Thou art a prince of God 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.
American Standard Version (1901)
Hear us, my lord; thou art a prince of God 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.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
My lord, truly you are a great chief among us; take the best of our resting-places for your dead; not one of us will keep back from you a place where you may put your dead to rest.
World English Bible (2000)
"Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb. Bury your dead."
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
“Listen, sir, you are a mighty prince among us! You may bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb to prevent you from burying your dead.”
Referenced Verses
- Gen 24:35 : 35 The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become great; and He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
- Gen 14:14 : 14 When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he armed his trained men, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
- Gen 18:12 : 12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I have grown old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
- Gen 21:22 : 22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with you in all that you do.
- Gen 24:18 : 18 And she said, "Drink, my lord." Then she quickly let her pitcher down to her hand and gave him a drink.
- Gen 13:2 : 2 And Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
- Gen 31:35 : 35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before you; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but did not find the images.
- Gen 32:4-5 : 4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall you speak to my lord Esau; Your servant Jacob says this, I have lived with Laban, and stayed there until now: 5 And I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, and male and female servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.
- Gen 32:18 : 18 Then you shall say, They are your servant Jacob's; it is a present sent to my lord Esau: and behold, he is also behind us.
- Gen 42:10 : 10 And they said to him, No, my lord, but to buy food your servants have come.
- Gen 44:5 : 5 Is this not the cup my lord drinks from, and by which he indeed divines? You have done evil in doing so.
- Gen 44:8 : 8 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought back to you from the land of Canaan: how then should we steal silver or gold from your lord's house?
- Exod 32:22 : 22 Aaron said, "Do not let the anger of my lord burn hot; you know the people, that they are bent on mischief.
- Ruth 2:13 : 13 Then she said, Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted me, and you have spoken kindly to your servant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.
- Isa 45:14 : 14 Thus says the LORD, The labor of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you, and they shall be yours: they shall follow you; in chains they shall come over, and they shall bow down to you, they shall make supplication to you, saying, Surely God is with you; and there is no other, there is no God.
- 1 John 3:1-2 : 1 Behold, what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know him. 2 Beloved, now we are the children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be: but we know that when he appears, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
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3And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
4I am a stranger and a sojourner among you; give me a possession of a burial place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
5And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
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7And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth.
8And he communed with them, saying, If it be your wish that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and ask for me Ephron the son of Zohar,
9That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he owns, which is at the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it to me for a possession of a burial place among you.
10And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,
11No, my lord, hear me; I give you the field, and the cave that is in it, I give it to you; in the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you; bury your dead.
12And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
13And he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, But if you will give it, I pray you, hear me; I will give you money for the field; take it from me, and I will bury my dead there.
14And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
15My lord, listen to me; the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that between me and you? Therefore, bury your dead.
16And Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
17So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field and the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, which were within all its borders, were deeded
18To Abraham as a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
19After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre, that is, Hebron in the land of Canaan.
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29And he charged them, and said to them, I am to be gathered to my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
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31There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
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