Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, to wit the children of Heth:
Genesis 23:8 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision And said to them: If it please your soul that I should bury my dead, hear me, and intercede for me to Ephron the son of Seor. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he said to them, If you are willing to grant my dead a burial out of my sight, listen to me and ask Ephron son of Zohar for me, American Standard Version (1901) And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, Common English Bible and spoke with them: “If you yourselves allow me to bury my dead near me, listen to me and ask Ephron, Zohar’s son, Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to them: "If it pleases your soul that I should bury my dead, hear me, and intercede on my behalf with Ephron, the son of Zohar, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And said to them: If it please your soul that I should bury my dead, hear me, and intercede for me to Ephron the son of Seor. |
Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, to wit the children of Heth:
That he may give me the double cave, which he hath in the end of his field: for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me before you, for a possession of a buryingplace.
And Isaac and Ismael his sons buried him in the double cave, which was situated in the field of Ephron the son of Seor the Hethite, over against Mambre;
2 And king Solomon answered, and said to his mother: Why dost thou ask Abisag the Sunamitess for Adonias? ask for him also the kingdom: for he is my elder brother, and hath Abiathar the priest, and Joab the son of Sarvia.
For if that former had been faultless, there should not indeed a place have been sought for a second.