“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.”
23:7
ወተንሥአ ፡ አብርሃም ፡ ወሰገደ ፡ ቅድመ ፡ ሕዝብ ፡ ዘደቂቀ ፡ ኬጢ ።
亞伯拉罕就起來,向那地的赫人下拜,
Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth.
that he may sell me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field. For the full price let him sell it to me among you as a possession for a burial place.”
Now Ephron was sitting in the middle of the children of Heth. Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,
“No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the children of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead.”
23:12
ወሰገደ ፡ አብርሃም ፡ ቅድመ ፡ ኵሉ ፡ ሕዝብ ።
亞伯拉罕就在那地的人民面前下拜,
Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.
He spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, “But if you will, please hear me. I will give the price of the field. Take it from me, and I will bury my dead there.”
Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants’ standard.
So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all of its borders, were deeded
23:18
ኮነ ፡ ለአብርሃም ፡ ወተሣየጦ ፡ በቅድመ ፡ ደቂቀ ፡ ኬጡ ።
都定準歸與亞伯拉罕,乃是他在赫人面前並城門出入的人面前買妥的。
to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.