창세기(Genesis) 23장

창세기(Genesis) 23장

1. Sarah lived to be a hundred and
twenty-seven years old.

2. She died at Kiriath Arba (that is,
Hebron) in the land of Canaan,
and Abraham went to mourn for
Sarah and to weep over her.

3. Then Abraham rose from beside
his dead wife and spoke to the
Hittites. He said,

4. “I am an alien and a stranger among
you. Sell me some property for a
burial site here so I can bury my
dead.”

5. The Hittites replied to Abraham,

6. “Sir, listen to us. You are a mighty
prince among us. Bury your dead in
the choicest of our tombs. None of
us will refuse you his tomb for
burying your dead.”

7. Then Abraham rose and bowed
down before the people of the
land, the Hittites.

8. He said to them, “If you are willing
to let me bury my dead, then listen
to me and intercede with Ephron son
of Zohar on my behalf

9. so he will sell me the cave of
Machpelah, which belongs to him
and is at the end of his field. Ask
him to sell it to me for the full
price as a burial site among you.”

10. Ephron the Hittite was sitting
among his people and he replied
to Abraham in the hearing of all
the Hittites who had come to
the gate of his city.

11. “No, my lord,” he said. “Listen to
me; I give you the field, and I give
you the cave that is in it. I give it to
you in the presence of my people.
Bury your dead.”

12. Again Abraham bowed down before
the people of the land

13. and he said to Ephron in their
hearing, “Listen to me, if you will.
I will pay the price of the field.
Accept it from me so I can bury
my dead there.”

14. Ephron answered Abraham,

15. “Listen to me, my lord; the land is
worth four hundred shekels of silver,
but what is that between me and
you? Bury your dead.”

16. Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms
and weighed out for him the price he
had named in the hearing of the
Hittites: four hundred shekels of
silver, according to the weight
current among the merchants.

17. So Ephron’s field in Machpelah
near Mamre- -both the field and
the cave in it, and all the trees
within the borders of the field-
-was deeded

18. to Abraham as his property in
the presence of all the Hittites who
had come to the gate of the city.

19. Afterward Abraham buried his wife
Sarah in the cave in the field of
Machpelah near Mamre (which is at
Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

20. So the field and the cave in it were
deeded to Abraham by the Hittites as
a burial site.