Genesis 23:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

And 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,

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    He said to them, “If you are willing to let me bury my dead out of my sight, listen to me and plead with Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard 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,

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he communed{H1696} with them, saying,{H559} If it be{H3426} your mind{H5315} that I should bury{H6912} my dead{H4191} out of my sight,{H6440} hear{H8085} me, and entreat{H6293} for me to Ephron{H6085} the son{H1121} of Zohar,{H6714}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he communed{H1696}{(H8762)} with them, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, If it be{H3426} your mind{H5315} that I should bury{H6912}{(H8800)} my dead{H4191}{(H8801)} out of my sight{H6440}; hear{H8085}{(H8798)} me, and intreat{H6293}{(H8798)} for me to Ephron{H6085} the son{H1121} of Zohar{H6714},

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And he comoned with them saynge: Yf it be youre myndes yt I shall bury my deade oute of my sighte heare me ad speke for me to Ephron the sonne of Zoar:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And he talked with them, and sayde: Yf it be youre wyll that I burye my coarse by me, heare me the, & speake for me to Ephron the sonne of Zoar,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And he communed with them, saying, If it be your minde, that I shall bury my dead out of my sight, heare me, and intreate for me to Ephron the sonne of Zohar,

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And he communed with them, saying: If it be your mynde that I shal bury my dead out of my sight, heare me, and speake for me to Ephron the sonne of Sohar,

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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,

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He talked 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,

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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,

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And he said to them, If you will let me put my dead to rest here, make a request for me to Ephron, the son of Zohar,

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He talked 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,

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Then he said to them,“If you agree that I may bury my dead, then hear me out. Ask Ephron the son of Zohar

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 25:9 : 9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
  • 1 Kgs 2:17 : 17 And he said, Please speak to King Solomon, for he will not refuse you, that he would give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife.
  • Luke 7:3-4 : 3 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent to him the elders of the Jews, pleading with him that he would come and heal his servant. 4 And when they came to Jesus, they begged him earnestly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:
  • Heb 7:26 : 26 For such a high priest was fitting for us, who is holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens;
  • 1 John 2:1-2 : 1 My little children, I write these things to you so that you do not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 2 And he is the atonement for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 23:9-20
    12 verses
    87%

    9 That 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.

    10 And 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,

    11 No, 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.

    12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.

    13 And 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.

    14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,

    15 My lord, listen to me; the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that between me and you? Therefore, bury your dead.

    16 And 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.

    17 So 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

    18 To Abraham as a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.

    19 After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre, that is, Hebron in the land of Canaan.

    20 So the field and the cave that is in it were deeded to Abraham by the sons of Heth as a possession for a burial place.

  • Gen 23:2-7
    6 verses
    82%

    2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba, which is Hebron in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

    3 And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,

    4 I 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.

    5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

    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.

    7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth.

  • Gen 49:29-32
    4 verses
    80%

    29 And 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,

    30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burial place.

    31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.

    32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.

  • Gen 25:9-10
    2 verses
    76%

    9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;

    10 The field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried, and Sarah his wife.

  • Gen 50:13
    74%

    13 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a burying place from Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

  • Gen 20:15
    71%

    15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before you: live where it pleases you.

  • Gen 50:5
    70%

    5 My father made me swear, saying, Behold, I die: in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray you, and bury my father, and I will come again.

  • Acts 7:16
    70%

    16 And were carried over into Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem.

  • Gen 21:30
    70%

    30 And he said, For these seven ewe lambs you shall take from my hand, that they may be a witness that I have dug this well.

  • Gen 21:23
    70%

    23 Now therefore swear to me by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my grandson. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have sojourned.

  • Gen 18:27
    70%

    27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.

  • Gen 47:30
    70%

    30 But I will lie with my fathers, and you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place. And he said, I will do as you have said.

  • Gen 13:9
    69%

    9 Is not the whole land before you? separate yourself, I pray you, from me: if you will take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if you depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.