Genesis 23
1 Sarah lived to be 127,
and to be life Sarah hundred year and twenty year and seven year year life Sarah
2 and then she died at Kiriath-arba (or Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham went in to mourn her death and to weep over her.
and to die Sarah in/on/with Kiriath-arba Kiriath-arba he/she/it Hebron in/on/with land: country/planet Canaan and to come (in): come Abraham to/for to mourn to/for Sarah and to/for to weep her
3 Then Abraham got up from beside his wife's body and went to talk with the leaders of the Hittites.
and to arise: rise Abraham from upon face: before to die his and to speak: speak to(wards) son: descendant/people Heth to/for to say
4 “I am a foreigner, a stranger living among you,” he said. “Please let me buy a burial site so I can bury my dead wife.”
sojourner and sojourner I with you to give: give to/for me possession grave with you and to bury to die my from to/for face my
5 The Hittites answered Abraham, telling him,
and to answer son: descendant/people Heth [obj] Abraham to/for to say to/for him
6 “Listen, my lord, you are a highly-respected prince among us. Choose the very best of our burial sites to bury your dead. None of us will say no to you.”
to hear: hear us lord my leader God you(m. s.) in/on/with midst our in/on/with best grave our to bury [obj] to die your man: anyone from us [obj] grave his not to restrain from you from to bury to die your
7 Abraham got up and bowed low before the Hittites, the local people,
and to arise: rise Abraham and to bow to/for people [the] land: country/planet to/for son: descendant/people Heth
8 and said to them, “If you agree to help me bury my dead, listen to my proposal. Could you please ask Ephron, son of Zohar,
and to speak: speak with them to/for to say if there with soul: appetite your to/for to bury [obj] to die my from to/for face my to hear: hear me and to fall on to/for me in/on/with Ephron son: child Zohar
9 to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him, down at the end of his field. I'm willing to pay him the full price here in your presence so I can have my own burial site.”
and to give: give to/for me [obj] cave [the] Machpelah which to/for him which in/on/with end land: country his in/on/with silver: price full to give: give her to/for me in/on/with midst your to/for possession grave
10 Ephron the Hittite was sitting there among his people. He replied to Abraham in the presence of the Hittites who were there at the town gate.
and Ephron to dwell in/on/with midst son: descendant/people Heth and to answer Ephron [the] Hittite [obj] Abraham in/on/with ear: hearing son: descendant/people Heth to/for all to come (in): come gate city his to/for to say
11 “No, my lord,” he said. “Please listen to me. I give you the field and the cave that is there. I give it to you and my people are my witnesses. Please go and bury your dead.”
not lord my to hear: hear me [the] land: country to give: give to/for you and [the] cave which in/on/with him to/for you to give: give her to/for eye: seeing son: child people my to give: give her to/for you to bury to die your
12 Abraham bowed low before the local people,
and to bow Abraham to/for face: before people [the] land: country/planet
13 and said to Ephron so everyone could hear, “Please listen to me. I will pay the price for the field. Take the money and let me go and bury my dead there.”
and to speak: speak to(wards) Ephron in/on/with ear: hearing people [the] land: country/planet to/for to say surely if you(m. s.) if to hear: hear me to give: pay silver: price [the] land: country to take: recieve from me and to bury [obj] to die my there [to]
14 Ephron replied to Abraham, telling him,
and to answer Ephron [obj] Abraham to/for to say to/for him
15 “My lord, please listen to me. The land is worth four hundred pieces of silver. But what's that between us? Go and bury your dead.”
lord my to hear: hear me land: country/planet four hundred shekel silver: money between me and between you what? he/she/it and [obj] to die your to bury
16 Abraham accepted Ephron's offer. Abraham weighed out and gave to Ephron the four hundred pieces of silver he'd mentioned, using the standard weights used by merchants, and with the Hittites acting as witnesses.
and to hear: hear Abraham to(wards) Ephron and to weigh Abraham to/for Ephron [obj] [the] silver: money which to speak: promise in/on/with ear: hearing son: descendant/people Heth four hundred shekel silver: money to pass to/for to trade
17 So the property was legally transferred. It comprised Ephron's field in Machpelah near Mamre, both the field and the cave there, as well as all the trees in the field, and all the area up to the existing boundaries.
and to arise: establish land: country Ephron which in/on/with Machpelah which to/for face: east Mamre [the] land: country and [the] cave which in/on/with him and all [the] tree which in/on/with land: country which in/on/with all border: area his around: whole
18 This all became Abraham's property, and the transaction was witnessed by the Hittites who were there at the town gate.
to/for Abraham to/for purchase to/for eye: before(the eyes) son: descendant/people Heth in/on/with all to come (in): come gate city his
19 Then Abraham went and buried Sarah his wife in the cave in the field at Machpelah near Mamre (or Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
and after so to bury Abraham [obj] Sarah woman: wife his to(wards) cave land: country [the] Machpelah upon face: east Mamre he/she/it Hebron in/on/with land: country/planet Canaan
20 Ownership of the field and the cave there was transferred from the Hittites to Abraham to serve as his burial place.
and to arise: establish [the] land: country and [the] cave which in/on/with him to/for Abraham to/for possession grave from with son: descendant/people Heth
