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|Génesis 23:11|
“No, my lord,” he said. “Listen to me; I give [Or sell] you the field, and I give [Or sell] you the cave that is in it. I give [Or sell] it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”
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12
|Génesis 23:12|
Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land
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13
|Génesis 23:13|
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 that I can bury my dead there.”
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14
|Génesis 23:14|
Ephron answered Abraham,
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15
|Génesis 23:15|
“Listen to me, my lord; the land is worth four hundred shekels [That is, about 10 pounds (about 4.5 kilograms)] of silver, but what is that between me and you? Bury your dead.”
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|Génesis 23:16|
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.
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|Génesis 23:17|
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 legally made over
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18
|Génesis 23:18|
to Abraham as his property in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of the city.
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|Génesis 23:19|
Afterwards Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre (which is at Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
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|Génesis 23:20|
So the field and the cave in it were legally made over to Abraham by the Hittites as a burial site.
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