Genesis 23 | English Standard Version

English Standard Version

Sarah’s Death and Burial

1 Sarah lived 127 years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. 2 And Sarah died at Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. (Ge 23:19; Ge 35:27; Jos 14:15; Jud 1:10)

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3 And Abraham rose up from before his dead and said to the Hittites,^[1] 4 “I am a sojourner and foreigner among you; give me property among you for a burying place, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.” (Ge 17:8; 1Ch 29:15; Ps 105:12; Ac 7:5; Heb 11:9; Heb 11:13)

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5 The Hittites answered Abraham, 6 “Hear us, my lord; you are a prince of God^[2] among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb to hinder you from burying your dead.” 7 Abraham rose and bowed to the Hittites, the people of the land. 8 And he said to them, “If you are willing that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me and entreat for me Ephron the son of Zohar, 9 that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he owns; it is at the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me in your presence as property for a burying place.” 10 Now Ephron was sitting among the Hittites, and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the Hittites, of all who went in at the gate of his city, (Ge 34:20; Ge 34:24; Ru 4:1) 11 “No, my lord, hear me: I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the sight of the sons of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead.” 12 Then Abraham bowed down before the people of the land. 13 And he said to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, “But if you will, hear me: I give the price of the field. Accept it from me, that I may bury my dead there.” 14 Ephron answered Abraham, 15 “My lord, listen to me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels^[3] of silver, what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.” (Ex 30:13; Eze 45:12) 16 Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver that he had named in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants. (1Ch 21:25; Jer 32:9; Zec 11:12) 17 So the field of Ephron in Machpelah, which was to the east of Mamre, the field with the cave that was in it and all the trees that were in the field, throughout its whole area, was made over (Ge 25:9; Ge 49:29; Ge 50:13) 18 to Abraham as a possession in the presence of the Hittites, before all who went in at the gate of his city. 19 After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah east of Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. 20 The field and the cave that is in it were made over to Abraham as property for a burying place by the Hittites. (Ru 4:7; Jer 32:10)

الكتاب المقدس

موت سارة ودفنها

1 وَعَاشَتْ سَارَةُ مِئَةً وَسَبْعاً وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً. 2 ثُمَّ مَاتَتْ سَارَةُ فِي قَرْيَةِ أَرْبَعَ، أَيْ حَبْرُونَ، فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، فَجَاءَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ لِيَنْدُبَ سَارَةَ وَيَبْكِيَ عَلَيْهَا. 3 وَنَهَضَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مِنْ أَمَامِ الْجُثْمَانِ وَقَالَ لِلْحِثِّيِّينَ: 4 «أَنَا غَرِيبٌ وَنَزِيلٌ بَيْنَكُمْ، فَمَلِّكُونِي مَعَكُمْ مَدْفَناً أُوَارِي فِيهِ مَيْتِي مِنْ أَمَامِي». 5 فَأَجَابُوهُ قَائِلِينَ: 6 «أَصْغِ لَنَا يَا سَيِّدِي. أَنْتَ رَئِيسٌ مِنَ اللهِ فِي وَسَطِنَا، فَادْفِنْ مَيْتَكَ فِي أَفْضَلِ قُبُورِنَا، فَلا أَحَدَ مِنَّا يَمْنَعُ قَبْرَهُ عَنْكَ لِتَدْفِنَ مَيْتَكَ». 7 فَنَهَضَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَانْحَنَى أَمَامَ الْحِثِّيِّينَ أَهْلِ الْبِلادِ، 8 وَقَالَ: «إِنْ طَابَتْ نُفُوسُكُمْ أَنْ أَدْفِنَ مَيْتِي مِنْ أَمَامِي، فَاسْمَعُوا لِي وَالْتَمِسُوا لأَجْلِي مِنْ عِفْرُونَ بْنِ صُوحَرَ، 9 أَنْ يَبِيعَنِي مَغَارَةَ الْمَكْفِيلَةِ الَّتِي فِي طَرَفِ حَقْلِهِ، فَأَشْتَرِيَهَا مِنْهُ لِقَاءَ ثَمَنٍ كَامِلٍ، وَأَمْتَلِكَهَا لِتَكُونَ مَدْفَناً لِي فِي وَسَطِكُمْ». 10 وَكَانَ عِفْرُونُ جَالِساً بَيْنَ الْحِثِّيِّينَ، فَقَالَ فِي مَسَامِعِ الْحِثِّيِّينَ، أَمَامَ كُلِّ الْحَاضِرِينَ فِي مَجْلِسِ مَدِينَتِهِ: 11 «لا يَا سَيِّدِي، بَلْ أَصْغِ إِلَيَّ، هُوَذَا الْحَقْلُ الَّذِي لِي وَالْمَغَارَةُ الَّتِي فِيهِ أَهَبُهُمَا لَكَ عَلَى مَشْهَدٍ مِنْ بَنِي شَعْبِي فَخُذْهُمَا وَادْفِنْ مَيْتَكَ». 12 فَانْحَنَى إِبْرَاهِيمُ أَمَامَ أَهْلِ الْبِلادِ مَرَّةً ثَانِيَةً، 13 وَقَالَ لِعِفْرُونَ فِي مَسَامِعِ شَعْبِ الأَرْضِ: «إِنْ كُنْتَ تَشَاءُ فَاسْمَعْ لِي. أَنَا أَدْفَعُ ثَمَنَ الْحَقْلِ. فَاقْبَلْ ذَلِكَ مِنِّي فَأَقُومَ بِدَفْنِ مَيْتِي هُنَاكَ». 14 فَأَجَابَ عِفْرُونُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ: 15 «أَصْغِ لِي يَا سَيِّدِي، إِنَّ الأَرْضَ تُسَاوِي أَرْبَعَ مِئَةِ شَاقِلٍ (حَوَالَي خَمْسَةِ كِيلُو جِرَامَاتٍ) مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ، وَهُوَ (ثَمَنٌ) لَا قِيمَةَ لَهُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ، فَادْفِنْ مَيْتَكَ». 16 فَقَبِلَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَرْضَ عِفْرُونَ، وَوَزَنَ لَهُ الْفِضَّةَ الَّتِي ذَكَرَهَا فِي مَسَامِعِ الْحِثِّيِّينَ. أَرْبَعَ مِئَةِ شَاقِلٍ رَائِجَةً بَيْنَ التُّجَّارِ. 17 وَبِمُقْتَضَى ذَلِكَ أَصْبَحَ حَقْلُ عِفْرُونَ الَّذِي فِي الْمَكْفِيلَةِ مُقَابِلَ مَمْرَا، وَالْمَغَارَةُ الَّتِي فِيهِ، وَجَمِيعُ الأَشْجَارِ الْقَائِمَةِ فِي كُلِّ الْحُدُودِ الْمُحِيطَةِ بِهِ، 18 مُلْكاً لإِبْرَاهِيمَ، بِمَشْهَدٍ مِنَ الْحِثِّيِّينَ وَسَائِرِ الْحَاضِرِينَ فِي مَجْلِسِ مَدِينَتِهِ. 19 وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ دَفَنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ زَوْجَتَهُ سَارَةَ فِي مَغَارَةِ الْمَكْفِيلَةِ، مُقَابِلَ مَمْرَا. وَهِيَ حَبْرُونُ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ. 20 فَامْتَلَكَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مِنَ الْحِثِّيِّينَ الْحَقْلَ وَالْمَغَارَةَ الَّتِي فِيهِ لِيَكُونَا مَدْفَناً لَهُ.