Genesis 23:11

⁹ to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site.”

¹⁰ Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,

“No, my lord. 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 said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: “No, my lord. 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.”
KJV: Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
WEB: “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.”
ASV: Nay, my lord, hear me. The field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee. In the presence of the children of my people give I it thee. Bury thy dead.
DARBY: No, my lord: hear me. The field give I thee; and the cave that is in it, to thee I give it; before the eyes of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
BLB: “No, my lord, hear me: The field I give to you, and the cave that [is] in it I give it to you; before the eyes of the sons of my people I give it to you; bury your dead.”

ÅB: Nei, herre! Hør på meg: Jeg gir deg marken, og hulen som er på den, gir jeg deg også; for mine landsmenns øyne gir jeg deg den: begrav din døde der!
OTB: "Nei, herre, hør på meg. Jeg gir deg marken, og også hulen som er i den. I nærvær av mitt folk gir jeg deg den. Begrav din døde."
B1930: Nei, herre! Hør på mig: Jeg gir dig marken, og hulen som er på den, gir jeg dig også; for mine landsmenns øine gir jeg dig den: begrav din døde der!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Luke 19:24
Then he told those standing by, ‘Take the mina from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’
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Isaiah 32:8
But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
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2 Samuel 24:20–24
When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king.
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Genesis 23:6
“Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”
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Jeremiah 32:7–12
Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’
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Ruth 4:1
Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.
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Ruth 4:4
I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied.
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1 Chronicles 21:22–24
Then David said to Ornan, “Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”
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