Abraham’s possession in the sight of all the Hethites who came to the gate of his city.
Genesis 23:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Ephron was sitting among the Hethites. So in the hearing of all the Hethites who came to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hethite answered Abraham: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now Ephron was present there among the sons of Heth; so, in the hearing of all who went in at the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham, saying, American Standard Version (1901) Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of 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, Common English Bible Now Ephron was a native Hittite. So Ephron the Hittite responded to Abraham publicly in order that the Hittites and everyone at his city’s gate could hear: Catholic Public Domain Version Now Ephron dwelt in the midst of the sons of Heth. And Ephron responded to Abraham in the hearing of everyone who was entering at the gate of his city, saying: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now Ephron dwelt in the midst of the children of Heth. And Ephron made answer to Abraham in the hearing of all that went in at the gate of the city, saying: |
Abraham’s possession in the sight of all the Hethites who came to the gate of his city.
to give me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him give it to me in your presence, for the full price, as burial property.’
The servant took ten of his master’s camels, and with all kinds of his master’s goods in hand, he went to Aram-naharaim, to Nahor’s town.
So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city.
All the men who had come to the city gates listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and all those men were circumcised.
When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the town square,
a spirit of justice to the one who sits in judgement, and strength to those who repel attacks at the city gate.
All the people who were at the city gate, including the elders, said, ‘We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is entering your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built the house of Israel. May you be powerful in Ephrathah and your name well known in Bethlehem.