Génesis 23
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Muerte y sepultura de Sara
23 Sara vivió ciento veintisiete años, 2 y murió en Quiriat-arbá, o sea la ciudad de Hebrón, en la tierra de Canaán. Abraham lloró por la muerte de Sara y le guardó luto. 3 Luego salió de donde estaba el cadáver de Sara y fue a decirles a los hititas de aquel lugar:
4 —Aunque soy un extranjero entre ustedes, véndanme un sepulcro para enterrar a mi esposa.
5 Y los hititas le contestaron:
6 —¡Por favor, señor, escúchenos! Usted es entre nosotros un escogido de Dios. Entierre a su esposa en el mejor de nuestros sepulcros, pues ninguno de nosotros le negará su sepulcro para eso.
7 Entonces Abraham se puso de pie, hizo una reverencia ante los hititas, 8 y les dijo:
—Si de veras quieren que yo entierre aquí a mi esposa, por favor pídanle de mi parte a Efrón, el hijo de Sóhar, 9 que me venda la cueva de Macpelá, que está en la orilla de sus terrenos. Yo le pagaré el precio total de la cueva, y así seré dueño de un sepulcro en este lugar.
10 Como Efrón el hitita estaba allí entre ellos, le contestó a Abraham de manera que pudieran escucharlo sus paisanos y también todos los que pasaban por la entrada de la ciudad:
11 —¡No, señor mío, por favor! Yo le regalo el terreno, y la cueva que está en el terreno. Mis paisanos son testigos de que yo se lo regalo. Entierre usted a su esposa.
12 Pero Abraham volvió a hacer una reverencia a los habitantes del lugar 13 y le contestó a Efrón delante de todos:
—¡Por favor, escúcheme usted! Le ruego que acepte el dinero por el terreno, y después enterraré allí a mi esposa.
14 Entonces Efrón le contestó:
15 —Escúcheme, señor mío: el terreno vale cuatrocientas monedas de plata. Por esa cantidad no vamos a discutir, así que entierre usted a su esposa.
16 Abraham aceptó pagar la cantidad que Efrón había mencionado en presencia de los hititas, y le pagó en plata contante y sonante. 17 De esta manera el terreno de Efrón que estaba en Macpelá, al oriente de Mamré, es decir, el terreno con la cueva y todos los árboles que estaban dentro del terreno, 18 pasaron a ser propiedad de Abraham. De ello fueron testigos los hititas y todos los que pasaban por la entrada de la ciudad.
19 Después de esto Abraham enterró a Sara en la cueva que estaba en el terreno de Macpelá, al oriente de Mamré, lugar que también es conocido con el nombre de Hebrón, y que está en Canaán. 20 Así quedó en posesión del terreno y de la cueva que allí había, la cual los hititas le vendieron para sepultura.
Genesis 23
New Living Translation
The Burial of Sarah
23 When Sarah was 127 years old, 2 she died at Kiriath-arba (now called Hebron) in the land of Canaan. There Abraham mourned and wept for her.
3 Then, leaving her body, he said to the Hittite elders, 4 “Here I am, a stranger and a foreigner among you. Please sell me a piece of land so I can give my wife a proper burial.”
5 The Hittites replied to Abraham, 6 “Listen, my lord, you are an honored prince among us. Choose the finest of our tombs and bury her there. No one here will refuse to help you in this way.”
7 Then Abraham bowed low before the Hittites 8 and said, “Since you are willing to help me in this way, be so kind as to ask Ephron son of Zohar 9 to let me buy his cave at Machpelah, down at the end of his field. I will pay the full price in the presence of witnesses, so I will have a permanent burial place for my family.”
10 Ephron was sitting there among the others, and he answered Abraham as the others listened, speaking publicly before all the Hittite elders of the town. 11 “No, my lord,” he said to Abraham, “please listen to me. I will give you the field and the cave. Here in the presence of my people, I give it to you. Go and bury your dead.”
12 Abraham again bowed low before the citizens of the land, 13 and he replied to Ephron as everyone listened. “No, listen to me. I will buy it from you. Let me pay the full price for the field so I can bury my dead there.”
14 Ephron answered Abraham, 15 “My lord, please listen to me. The land is worth 400 pieces[a] of silver, but what is that between friends? Go ahead and bury your dead.”
16 So Abraham agreed to Ephron’s price and paid the amount he had suggested—400 pieces of silver, weighed according to the market standard. The Hittite elders witnessed the transaction.
17 So Abraham bought the plot of land belonging to Ephron at Machpelah, near Mamre. This included the field itself, the cave that was in it, and all the surrounding trees. 18 It was transferred to Abraham as his permanent possession in the presence of the Hittite elders at the city gate. 19 Then Abraham buried his wife, Sarah, there in Canaan, in the cave of Machpelah, near Mamre (also called Hebron). 20 So the field and the cave were transferred from the Hittites to Abraham for use as a permanent burial place.
Genesis 23
King James Version
23 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.
2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
6 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.
7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
8 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,
9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
13 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.
14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
17 And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure
18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
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