Битие 23
Библия, ревизирано издание
Смърт и погребение на Сара
23 Сара живя сто двадесет и седем години; тези бяха годините на Сариния живот.
2 (A)И Сара умря в Кириат-Арва (който е Хеврон), в Ханаанската земя; и Авраам дойде да жалее Сара и да я оплаче.
3 И като стана Авраам от покойницата си, говори на хетите, като им каза:
4 (B)Пришълец и заселник съм аз между вас; дайте ми място за погребване между вас, което да е мое, за да погреба покойницата си пред очите си.
5 А хетите отговориха на Авраам:
6 (C)Послушай ни, господарю, между нас ти си княз Божий; погреби покойницата си в най-добрата от гробниците ни; никой от нас няма да ти откаже гробницата си, за да погребеш покойницата си.
7 Тогава Авраам стана, поклони се на народа на земята, на хетите, и говори с тях, като каза:
8 Ако ви е угодно да погреба покойницата си пред очите си, послушайте ме и станете посредници за мене пред Сааровия син Ефрон,
9 за да ми даде пещерата си Махпелах, която е на края на нивата му; с пълна цена нека ми я даде сред вас, като собственост за гробница.
10 (D)А Ефрон седеше сред хетите; и Ефрон, хетът, отговори на Авраам пред хетите, които слушаха, пред всички, които влизаха в портата на града му:
11 (E)Не, господарю, послушай ме; давам ти нивата, давам ти и пещерата, която е в нея; давам ти я пред тези мъже от народа си; погреби покойницата си.
12 Тогава Авраам се поклони пред народа на земята
13 и говори на Ефрон пред народа на земята, които слушаха, като му каза: Но, ако обичаш, моля, послушай ме: ще дам стойността на нивата; вземи я от мен и ще погреба покойницата си там.
14 А Ефрон отговори на Авраам:
15 (F)Чуй ме, господарю: земя за четиристотин сребърни сикъла какво е между мен и теб? И така, погреби покойницата си.
16 (G)И Авраам прие казаното от Ефрон и му претегли парите, които определи пред хетите, които слушаха – четиристотин сребърни сикъла, каквито вървяха между търговците.
17 (H)И така, Ефроновата нива, която беше в Махпелах, срещу Мамврий – нивата, пещерата, която беше в нея, и всички дървета в нивата, в междите около цялата нива,
18 станаха собственост на Авраам пред очите на синовете на Хет, пред всички, които влизаха през портата на неговия град.
19 След това Авраам погреба жена си Сара в пещерата на нивата в Махпелах, срещу Мамврий (който е Хеврон), в Ханаанската земя.
20 (I)Така нивата и пещерата в нея бяха утвърдени на Авраам от хетите като собствено гробище.
Genesis 23
Legacy Standard Bible
Sarah’s Death and Burial
23 And [a]Sarah lived 127 years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. 2 Sarah died in (A)Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan; and Abraham [b]came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. 3 Then Abraham rose from before his dead and spoke to the (B)sons of Heth, saying, 4 “I am (C)a sojourner and a foreign resident among you; (D)give me a (E)possession for a burial site among you that I may bury my dead out of my sight.” 5 And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, 6 “Hear us, my lord, you are a [c](F)mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our burial sites; none of us will refuse you his burial sites for burying your dead.” 7 So Abraham rose and bowed to the people of the land, the sons of Heth. 8 And he spoke with them, saying, “If it is your [d]desire for me to bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and meet with (G)Ephron the son of Zohar for me, 9 that he may give me the cave of Machpelah which belongs to him, which is at the end of his field; for the full price let him give it to me in [e]your presence as a possession for a burial site.” 10 Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth, even (H)of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying, 11 “No, my lord, hear me; (I)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.” 12 And Abraham bowed before the people of the land. 13 And he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, “If you will only please hear me; I will give the silver for the field, accept it from me that I may bury my dead there.” 14 Then Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, 15 “My lord, hear me; a piece of land worth [f]four hundred (J)shekels of silver, what is that between me and you? So bury your dead.” 16 So Abraham heard Ephron; and Abraham (K)weighed out for Ephron the silver which he had named in the [g]hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, [h]commercial standard.
17 So (L)Ephron’s field, which was in Machpelah, which faced Mamre, the field and the cave which was in it, and all the trees which were in the field, that were [i]within all the confines of its border, [j]were deeded over 18 to Abraham as purchased (M)in the sight of the sons of Heth, before all who came in at the gate of his city. 19 After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field at Machpelah facing Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. 20 So the field and the cave that is in it [k]were (N)deeded over to Abraham for a possession for a burial site by the sons of Heth.
Footnotes
- Genesis 23:1 Lit the life of Sarah was
- Genesis 23:2 Or proceeded
- Genesis 23:6 Lit prince of God
- Genesis 23:8 Lit soul
- Genesis 23:9 Lit the midst of you
- Genesis 23:15 Approx. 10 lb. or 4.4 kg, a shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm
- Genesis 23:16 Lit ears
- Genesis 23:16 Lit current according to the merchant
- Genesis 23:17 Lit in all its border around
- Genesis 23:17 Or were ratified
- Genesis 23:20 Lit were confirmed
Genesis 23
Contemporary English Version
Sarah's Death and Burial
23 1-2 When Sarah was 127 years old, she died in Kiriath-Arba, better known as Hebron, in the land of Canaan. After Abraham had mourned for her, 3 he went to the Hittites and said, 4 (A) “I live as a foreigner in your land, and I don't own any property where I can bury my wife. Please let me buy a piece of land.”
5-6 “Sir,” they answered, “you are an important man. Choose the best place to bury your wife. None of us would refuse you a resting place for your dead.”
7 Abraham bowed down 8 and replied, “If you are willing to let me bury my wife here, please ask Zohar's son Ephron 9 to sell me Machpelah Cave at the end of his field. I'll pay what it's worth, and all of you can be witnesses.”
10 Ephron was sitting there near the city gate, when Abraham made this request, and he answered, 11 “Sir, the whole field, including the cave, is yours. With my own people as witnesses, I freely give it to you as a burial place for your dead.”
12 Once again, Abraham bowed down 13 and said to Ephron, “In front of these witnesses, I offer you the full price, so I can bury my wife. Please accept my offer.”
14-15 “But sir,” the man replied, “the property is worth only 400 pieces of silver. Why should we haggle over such a small amount? Take the land. It's yours.”
16-18 Abraham accepted Ephron's offer and paid him the 400 pieces of silver in front of everyone at the city gate. That's how Abraham came to own Ephron's property east of Mamre,[a] which included the field with all of its trees, as well as Machpelah Cave at the end of the field. 19 So Abraham buried his wife Sarah in Machpelah Cave that was in the field 20 he had bought from the Hittites.
Footnotes
- 23.16-18 Mamre: A place just north of Hebron.
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